Friday 26 October 2018

Postcard from UK.



Sir Robert Hermann Schomburgk (5 June 1804 – 11 March 1865) was a German-born explorer for Great Britain who carried out geographical, ethnological and botanical studies in South America and the West Indies, and also fulfilled diplomatic missions for Great Britain in the Dominican Republic and Thailand.
The card has the image of  'Victoria Regia, the giant South American waterlily discovered by him.
Thank you Agata for the nice card and stamp.
2018 Stamp-Hedda Gabler,1970,British Theatre.

No comments:

Post a Comment