More stamps have been issued honoring Copernicus than for any other mathematician. In 1973, the five hundredth anniversary of Copernicus' birth, almost every country issued stamps, usually in a series, in his honor. It is ironic that the Vatican City did so. It is surprising that the United States did so, for we have rarely honored persons of mathematical achievement. To my knowledge the only US stamps of this nature honor Benjamin Banneker, Copernicus, Albert Einstein, and President Garfield.
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