Introduction
The World Year of Physics (WYP 2005) is the United Nations endorsed, worldwide celebration of physics and its importance in our everyday lives. Events throughout the year will highlight the achievements of physics and its great weight in the curred millennium as well as commemorate the pioneering three "Annus Mirabilis" scientific papers of Albert Einstein on the theory of photoelectric effect, the theory of Brownian movement, and the theory of special relativity in 1905. In addition to larger scale national projects, local WYP events will be organized by individuals, science museums, physics departments, labs, community groups, teachers, etc. (more can be found on the official WYP 2005 website)
WYP 2005 will leave its mark in philately - it is the intention of postal agencies in several countries to issue appropriate philatelic items.
The aim of this page is to present philatelic material (stamps, FDC, postmarks, pastcards) concerning the World Year of Physics 2005 issued all over the world.
In order to improve this page, stamp collectors interested in the topic are kindly welcome to send their suggestions, comments and scans of new items.
For information concerning WYP issues as well as for originals and scans of some items exhibited on the page I am most indebted to my friends: Jerzy Bartke, Alberto Bersani, Fray de Landa Castillo Alvarado, António Filipe, Miguel Fortea, Herbert Jarszick, Ivan Kosinar, Wlodzimierz Kucharczyk, Alberto Lumachi, Shoetsu Miura, Masatoschi Ohuchi, Kecheng Qin, Ashish Rajgarhia, Ricardo Riveiros Santiago, Andrzej Rzepecki, Wolf-Dieter Schmidt, Pavol Sovak, Claude Surry, Wojciech Szalecki, Anna Urbaniak-Kucharczyk, Magnus Waller, Kjell Weding, Stefan Zajac and Shuki Zakai whom I would like to thank sincerely.
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