France - " SPACE ~ ASTRONOMY ~ EUROPA 2009. "

MNH ~ Miniature Sheet !

Unique MS with Glitter !

La Poste France issued a souvenir sheet to commemorate the International Year of Astronomy celebrating the 400th anniversary of Galileo’s first telescopic observatory with two stamps - one  stamp depicts Saturn, the Horsehead Nebula and a galaxy while the other depicts a star being transited by an exoplanet.

Also depicted on the miniature sheet are an ancient telescope and an orbiting telescope with unknown planets and a moon completing the background design. 

Year: 2009.

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