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Forum:	Stamps & Covers
Topic:	Costa Rica honors astronaut with postage stamp

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Your Reply: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	[QUOTE]Originally posted by collshubby: [B]That is one freaky looking bug! [/B][/QUOTE]
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<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width="600"><TR><td bgcolor="#000000"><TABLE BORDER=0 cellpadding=4 border=0 cellspacing=1 WIDTH="100%"><TR bgcolor="#660000"><TD COLSPAN=2><CENTER>T O P I C     R E V I E W</CENTER></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>Robert Pearlman</TD><TD>By Chris Kridler FLORIDA TODAY <IMG SRC="http://www.collectspace.com/review/chang-diaz_stamp.jpg"> <A HREF="http://www.floridatoday.com/news/space/stories/2003b/080903stamp.htm" TARGET=_blank>http://www.floridatoday.com/news/space/stories/2003b/080903stamp.htm</A> Astronaut and propulsion expert Franklin Chang-Diaz has received an honor with six legs. Scientists studying beetles in his native Costa Rica have named a new species after him, dubbing it Phanaeus changdiazi. Costa Rica also put Chang-Diaz and the beetle on twin postage stamps. </TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>KenDavis</TD><TD>I am sure Franklin is proud to have a beetle named after him but the link between spaceflight and entomology escapes me at the moment!Will other collectors be including the right hand stamp in their collections?</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>collshubby</TD><TD>That is one freaky looking bug!------------------ Brian Peter astronautbrian@hotmail.com</TD></TR></TABLE></td></tr></table>

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