500th anniversary of the birth of Gerhard Mercator
Date of Issue : 5 March 2012
The German Post has issued a stamp to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the birth of Gerhard Mercator, (5 March 1512 - 2 December 1594), a German cartographer.
Flemish geographer and cartographer, resident in Germany from 1552 Gerhard Kremer (Gerhard Mercator is a Latinized name) invented the system of map projection that is named after him. This proved a very useful information to many navigators who could using his map sail across the entire ocean on approximately straight paths (called rhumb lines).
125 years in the Harz narrow-gauge railways
Date of Issue : 9 February 2012
Winter holidays in Germany
Date of Issue : 2 January 2012.
