Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) was "One of the first and most important entomologist". She "classified many new insect species" and "carefully illustrated the metamorphosis of the butterfly".
I learn a lot from these Rachel Ignotofsky postcards sent by Phillip (the USA).
[Update: I have just learned through Twitter that today Maria Sibylla Merian was born on 2 April. How coincidental!]
More blue butterflies:
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| Scolitantides orion |
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| Maculinea arion |
Contrasting with the nice cancellation on Phillip's envelope...
Luckily, I got these again!
Magnifique collection de papillons,j'ai moi aussi reçu du courrier avec les timbres barrés et j'ai pu facilement effacer le crayon avec une gomme !
ReplyDeleteMais ce n'est pas un crayon, c'est un marqueur :(
DeleteOk dommage :(
ReplyDeleteGreat coincidence. And I love that Finnish stamp.
ReplyDeleteAnd with the Spicebush Swallowtail butterfly stamp I sent you a long time ago (maybe my first piece of mail to you for the Oz project?), I think you have all the butterfly stamps USPS has issued since I started sending mail art.
I found it :)
DeleteI certainly have a lot of American butterflies on stamps. Thanks!
I like this series a lot.
DeleteWow, 5.5 years BC.
DeleteRight now, anything from a week BC sounds like from the Neolithic :|
DeleteI agree, each week feels like a year.
DeleteI agree with that, too!..
DeleteI love how Phillip chooses the matching stamps, great combinations! (and it is clear that I love this women in science serie!)
Did I write to any of you about Maria Sibylla? I saw an exhibition of her works one or two years ago (in the neolithic era) and I was impressed by her story. I must have written about that (at least to Eva) but I'm not sure anymore if I really did so?
I don't think you wrote to me about it. However my memory is not so great!
DeleteI don't remember either.
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