This is the true "Rookie" card for Johannes Kepler, and it is part of a very impressive set, with amazing colours, which remain fresh and bright, though it was issued almost a hundred and twenty years ago.
It was circulated in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands. Most of these call it variations of "Astronomes" (Germany uses "Astronomen", and Italy, which is the version we show here, is "Astronomi") - but in the Netherlands it was called "Sterrenkundigen". However, all translate to Astronomers.
As for scarcity, they are all fairly easily available, but you may have to pay a bit more for the Netherlands version.
The astronomers included are :
- Francois Arago
- Nicolaus Copernicus
- William Herschel
- Johannes Kepler
- Isaac Newton
- Giovanni Schiaparelli