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East German postage stamp commemorating the 400th anniversary of the death of Georgius Agricola

  • 1955

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Stamp depicts Georgius Agricola (1494-1555), who is perhaps best known as the "father of minerology" and for his work De re metallica [On the Nature of Metals].

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  • Kurt Eigler
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  • Courtesy of Science History Institute

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  • Box 1

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Eigler, Kurt. “East German Postage Stamp Commemorating the 400th Anniversary of the Death of Georgius Agricola.” Germany (East), 1955. Witco Stamp Collection, Box 1. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/3b591864x.

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