Ryle and Hewish stamps

Martin Ryle and Antony Hewish featured in stamps commemorating Nobel-winning astrophysicists, issued in 1987 by Sweden, the country that bestows Nobel Prizes.

Ryle’s stamp shows the radio galaxy Centaurus A with a stylized representation of radio telescopes receiving radio waves from it. Hewish’s stamp shows the Crab Nebula, which contains a famous pulsar, overlain with the repeating trace of a radio pulse. Original designs by Gábor Palotai.

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PostNord Sverige

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