Poland 1945 – Copernicus memorial 

This is the second appearance on stamps of the memorial statue to Nicolaus Copernicus in the courtyard of the Jagiellonian University in Cracow, first seen on a Polish stamp from 1940. On this occasion it was the fourth-highest value member of a set of five depicting monuments in Cracow. The monument appeared again the following year. 

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