Avicenna 

Avicenna
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Avicenna

Catalogue information

LastDodo number
631631
Area
Stamps
Title
Avicenna
Face value
35
Country / area
GDR (Eastern Germany)
Year
1952
Month
08
Day
11
Issue group
1952 Birthdays and deaths of famous people
Order Number in Issue group
4
Usage
Postage
Type
Stamp
Basic colour
Blue
Exact colour
Dark cyan blue
Theme / topic
Pharmacy, Philosophers
Geographical theme
Persons theme
Avicenna [ca.980-1037] (Ibn-Sina)
Item subject
Porträt des pers.Philosophen
Michel number
314
Yvert number
66
Scott number
105
Stanley Gibbons number
E71
Designer/Engraver
Eigler, Kurt
Printing office
Druckhaus Einheit Leipzig
Perforation type
Comb perforation
Number of teeth per 20 mm
13 : 13½
Watermark
Cross Flowers
Luminescence
None
Printing technique
Photogravure
Paper
Gum
Print run
1.000.000
Dimensions / diameter
Details

Wrong year of birth (952 CE) on the stamp, correct would be 980. Lifetime according to the Islamic calendar: 358-415

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