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Hungary issued a stamp for the International Geophysical Year depicting the Sun and an observatory. Scott 1217, issued March 14, 1959.  |
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Indonesia issued two stamps on the 40th anniversary of the Bosscha Observatory, which is in Lembang, West Java. The observatory was completed in 1928. Scott numbers 740-741, issued September 20, 1968.  |
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Ireland issued a stamp on the 200th anniversary of the Dunsink Observatory which was established in 1785. Scott number 608, issued March 14, 1985.  |
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Japan issued a stamp on the 50th anniversary of the Mizusawa Latitudinal Observatory. Scott number 478, issued October 30, 1949.  |
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Japan issued a stamp on the 75th anniversary of the Tokyo Astronomical Observatory. Scott 591, issued October 29, 1953.  |
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Japan issued a stamp for the 100th anniversary of the Tokyo Astronomical Observatory. The sky shows the constellation Orion. Scott number 1350, issued December 1, 1978.  |
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Japan issued a stamp for the opening of the Okayama Astrophysical Observatory which was founded in 1960. Scott number 707, issued on October 19, 1960.  |
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Japan issued a stamp on the Kiso Observatory, that is located on Mt. Ontake, Nagano Prefecture. I believe the stamp shows the Rosette Nebula, NGC 2237-9, & 2246. The star cluster is NGC2244 and is associated with the diffuse nebula, in the constellation Monoceros. Scott number Z280, issued April 9, 1999.  |
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North Korea issued a stamp on the Kyongju Observatory, also known as the Chomsongdae Observatory. It is located in Gyeongju. The observatory was established in the 7th century during Queen Seondeok's Leadership (632-647). Scott number 3030.  |
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South Korea issued a stamp on the opening of the Sobaeksan Observatory. The Kyongju Observatory is also depicted. Scott 1136, issued September 13, 1978.  |
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Mexico issued a stamp of the El Caracol Observatory which was established around the year 906. It is located at Chichen Itza in the Yucatan. Scott C356, issued on November 1, 1969.  |
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New Zealand issued two stamps on the Centenary of the Royal Society of New Zealand to promote Science. The second stamp (Scott 407) that shows Sir James Hector, who was chancellor of the University of New Zealand. Scott numbers 406-407, issued October 10, 1967.  |
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Poland issued a stamp on the Katowice Planetarium. Scott number 1446, issued on September 15, 1966.  |
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