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Jules Verne, or Camille Flammarion?

From: Zvi Har'El <rl~at~math.technion.ac.il>
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 19:09:36 +0300
To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>
Cc: Zydorczak <jverne~at~wp.pl>

Dear Friends,

This is intended mainly to the stamp collectors among you, but not only to
them, but to all those who can identify the picture of a person: In his
excellent article "Philatelic Tribute to Jules Verne", in the Jules Verne
Encyclopedia, Ray Carter writes in page 198 as follows:

    Guinea Bissau came out with another single issue in May of 1981. Verne
    was pictured along with a rocket, but his name did not appear on the stamp
    itself (V102).

If you wish to see how V102 (Scott #413B, Yvert&Tellier #135, Michel #576)
looks like, you can see it in the excellent web site of my friend Andrzej
Zydorczak (who contributed all the Polish texts in the JV Virtual Library), at
<http://julver.republika.pl/images/GWINBISS6p_1981.jpg>.

Since I don't have this stamp in my collection, I looked for it in the various
internet stamp outlets. I found it at
<http://www.espacelollini.com/cataweb/indexUS.php?etape=timbre&id_timbre=8676>.
However, the description of the 6 peso stamp there is "Ariane/Flammarion"! No
Verne is mentioned! I wondered how the French astronomer, Camille Flammarion,
looked like, and found the official site of the Camille Flammarion
Observatory in <http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/flammarion/accueil/>. You
see there a book cover,
<http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/flammarion/accueil/livre2.jpg>. Compare
the picture with the one on the stamp. The beard, the bow-tie, the coat, etc.
are identical. Verdict? Not Verne. Am I right, or am I right?

Best,

Zvi.

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                                 Monday, 10 Tammuz 5764, 28 June 2004,  6:40PM

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