Maria Sybilla Merian stamps

[Jim Mason]

I bought a sheet of stamps (U.S.) yesterday and saw they were using two of
the illustrations made by Maria Sybilla Merian way back when.  Those who
like to keep up on such things might want to pick up this new issue.  Those
unfamiliar with this extraordinary woman artist might want to visit the
following site for a look-see:
http://kogs-www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/~dreschle/copperplates.html

Jim Mason
jmason at ink.org