ICM98-CL9 (96/12/18): Special Stamp for ICM98

TO ALL MATHEMATICIANS WHO HAVE PRELIMINARILY PREREGISTERED FOR 
THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF MATHEMATICIANS 1998 IN BERLIN

Ninth Circular Letter, December 18, 1996

Subject: ICM98-CL9: Special Stamp for ICM98


Dear colleague:

Here is good news for the philatelists among the mathematicians. 

About two years ago the ICM98 Organizing Committee contacted the German
Ministry of Postal Affairs and Telecommunication to issue a special
stamp on the occasion of the International Congress of Mathematicians
in Berlin in August 1998. A few days ago we received a positive
reply. The "selection committee for special stamps" proposed ICM98 as
one of the themes for a special stamp. The Minister of Postal Affairs 
agreed.

The Ministry will ask several artists for design proposals. The artists 
are supposed to contact the ICM98 organizing committee for ideas. Another
committee will make the selection. 

Stamp collectors will have the opportunity to buy first-day covers during 
the opening day August 18, 1998 of ICM98 in Berlin. This occasion may be 
another good reason to attend the International Congress in Berlin.

Season's Greetings

Martin Groetschel
President of the 
ICM98 Organizing Committee

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