Germany on Stamps: Hermann Wissmann

HERMANN VON WISSMANN (4 September 1853 – 15 June 1905) Leopold Wilhelm Ludwig Hermann Wissmann was a German explorer, officer and colonial administrator. He worked as an explorer of Africa, among other things on behalf of the Belgian king from 1883 to 1885, and crossed Africa from the Congo to the Zambezi River estuary. Born in Frankfurt an der Oder, a...

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Germany on Stamps: Gustav Nachtigal

GUSTAV NACHTIGAL (23 February 1834 – 20 April 1885) Gustav Nachtigal was a surgeon, a Lutheran pastor and a German explorer of Central and West Africa. He was further known as the German Empire's consul-general for Tunisia and Commissioner for West Africa. His mission as commissioner resulted in Togoland and Kamerun becoming the first colonies of a German...

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Germany On Stamps: German East Africa Occupation Postcards

 Belgian Congo postcards with Ruanda-Urundi occupation stamps (Belgian occupation of German East Africa during World War I). Postais do Congo Belga com selos de ocupação do Ruanda-Urundi (Ocupação Belga da África Oriental Alemã durante a Primeira Guerra Mundial).   1916 - German Colonies under Allied occupation Page // 1916 - Página das Colónias Alemãs...

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Stamps of France: New 1943 Complete Set

New 1943 Vichy France complete set. Nova Série completa da França de Vichy (1943). 1943 Vichy France Page // Página de 1943 da República de Vic...

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Germany on Stamps: Friedrich Schiller

JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER (10 November 1759 - 9 May 1805) Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, born in Marbach, Württemberg, was a German poet, philosopher, historian and playwright. During the last seventeen years of his life (1788 – 1805), Schiller struck up a productive, if complicated, friendship with already famous and influential Johann...

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Stamps of France: François Clouet

FRANÇOIS CLOUET (1510 – 22 December 1572) François Clouet, son of Jean Clouet, born in Tours, France, and died in Paris, France. He was a French Renaissance miniaturist and painter, particularly known for his detailed portraits of the French society of the court of the royal house of Valois. François worked with Jean, his father, possibly as early...

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Stamps of France: New 1943 Set

New Vichy France Set from 1943. Antoine Lavoisier is the theme of this one stamp set. Nova série da França de Vichy. Esta série, composta de um único selo, tem como tema Antoine Lavoisier. 1943 Vichy France Page // Página de 1943 da República de Vic...

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Stamps of France: Antoine Lavoisier

ANTOINE LAVOISIER (26 August 1743 – 8 May 1794) Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier, also Antoine Lavoisier after the French Revolution, the "father of modern chemistry" was a French nobleman prominent in the histories of chemistry and biology. His work on combustion, oxidation, and gases, especially those in air, overthrew the phlogiston doctrine, which held...

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