Charles Darwin and Other Great Scientists

Darwin : Northern Territory of Australia.

Originally named "Port Darwin" in honour of Charles Darwin, and his visit on HMS Beagle.

Postmark.

In 1982 four small island countries issued some stamps in order to commemorate 100 years since death of the great scientists:



Likely all four sets are produced by the same artist.

Do you see something strange on stamps of Mauritius ?

All four sets above are commemorate Darwin's visit on these islands and shows various occasions of Darwin's journey on HMS Beagle.
The unusual on the stamp of R2.50 is the face of Darwin. If you look closer, you can see the white man seating on the elephant - I suppose he is C. Darwin.



However at the time when he made his journey he didn't had any beard and mustache -  looks much younger, as depicted on stamps from another 3 sets.
Moreover, look on the form of the beard and moustache there. It different from well known face of Darwin, depicted on 25c stamp.

As far I know, Darwin has indeed a trip on an elephant by his stay on Mauritius island. The elephant was provided him by governor of the islands who got the elephants as present from some Indian Maharaja.

I am at present listening to the audiobook version of "The voyage of the Beagle", read by Richard Dawkins. I have just reached the part where Darwin talks about the Falkland Islands 'fox' (actually a wolf) where he predicts that in a few years it would go the same way as the Dodo...and it did!

The first mammalian quadruped hunted to its extinction by mostly European men.




How sad.

Perfs14 showed a Danish stamp commemorating Niels Bohr's atomic theory.  This stamp was one in a set of 2 values, issued jointly by Denmark and Greenland.  Here is the Greenlandic stamp for the other value in the set.



Ryan

Darwin's own autobiography written for his children (among many other of his works) can be found here free!

The Gutenberg site is great to visit when you are looking for interesting stuff to read.

John James Audubon was an American ornithologist, artist and naturalist known for his studies, drawings and paintings of North American birds. This 1c bright blue green, perf. 10.5x11 stamp (Scott 874) was issued April 8, 1940 as part of the American Scientists series within the Famous Americans issue.






Dr. Crawford W. Long was an American surgeon and pharmacist best known for his first use of inhaled diethyl ether as an anesthetic. This 2c rose carmine stamp (Scott 875) was issued in his honor on April 8, 1940.






Luther Burbank developed more than 800 strains and varieties of plants, including 113 varieties of plums and prunes, 50 varieties of berries, over 50 varieties of lilies, and a freestone-type peach. This 3c bright red violet stamp (Scott 876) was issued in his honor on April 17, 1940.







Major Walter Reed, Medical Corps, U.S. Army, led a military mission to Cuba in June 1900 and within just eight months discovered the secret to yellow fever. This 5c ultramarine stamp (Scott 877) was issued in his honor on April 17, 1940.







Jane Addams was a pioneer settlement social worker, public philosopher, sociologist, author, and leader in women's suffrage and world peace. This 10c dark brown stamp (Scott 878) was issued in her honor on April 26, 1940.

Charles Darwin apparently met Audubon when the latter was in England, it was here that he finally got his fantastic drawings of American birds published...today one of the most expensive books (in the millions for each surviving copy).

PS - I loved the Addams family!

Most recent stamp of Darwin issued end of March in Mongolia as a part of 6 value set "Famous Scientists"

they write some Cyrillic on sheets boundaries:


register letter from Mongolia

and FDC

as far I know only 80 pieces are issued

Souvenir sheet issued to commemorate 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin,12 February 2009.

Here are some interesting Charles Darwin cards and a cover. The 4 British Darwin stamps shown above are franked on 4 cards with 'silk' cachets. Darwin was born in Shrewsbury, studied at Christ's College, Cambridge and set sail from Plymouth on his famous Voyage of the Beagle.


Scan_20200712 (2) by Daniel, on Flickr

This cover was carried on the ship 'The Eye of the Wind' from Panama to the Galapagos Islands as part of Operation Drake, a 2 year voyage around the world with young people from many countries. The postal service from the Galapagos is most bizarre, the unstamped mail is given to visitors to deliver when they get home or post on! So, there is no formal Galapagos postmark. In this instance, as a favour to Operation Drake, the Postal Service Administration has canceled the covers  with its department's, undated, handstamp. It was then taken to Fiji and the cover bears a 'Post Office, Suva, Fiji' postmark on the reverse.


Scan_20200712 (3) by Daniel, on Flickr