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PH ILA TELIC ASTRONOM Y Stars are shown on a great mar,)) stamps of the world. The Star of Bethlehem appears frequently. . . . The constellation known as the "Southern Cross” appears on the stamps of Brazil ana New South Wales. The sun appears on the Revolutionary stamps of the Philippine Islands and again on the stamps of Peru. The moon is shown on the stamps of Turkey. A rainbow, on the stamps of Poland; lightning, on the stamps of Bosnia. A telescope is shown on the stamps of St. Kilts.. . . Instruments used by the astronomers are shown on the Pasco de Cama series of Portugal.—Sigmund 1. Rothschild, in “Stories Postage Stamps Tell.”
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 111, 13 May 1931, Page 2
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