Hungarian IYA2009-themed stamp design wins award

30 October 2009

PostEurop, the association of European public postal operators, decided to mark IYA2009 by selecting astronomy as the theme of its 2009 stamp competition. Hungarian designer Peter Nagy emerged successful with a composition featuring a portrait of Galileo, a spacecraft, and Jupiter with its Galilean satellites.

More information is available here: http://english.mti.hu/default.asp?menu=1&theme=2&cat=25&newsid=265195


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ESO AAS INSU CAS STRW NOVA STFC SCNAT SPA NRC MEC CNES DLR ESA JAXA NAOJ APL PS ESF ISRO ICRAN NLSI NOT U Cluster NASAEAS ASI NRAO CEA  KASI EAE SPA AUI CROSCI



The International Year of Astronomy 2009 is endorsed by the United Nations and the International Council of Science.