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  Ephemera, Postage stamps

  Mexican postage stamp commemorating Petróleos Mexicanos (20th anniversary)

  • 1958

  Mexican postage stamp issued to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the nationalization of all petroleum reserves, facilities, and foreign oil companies in Mexico and the establishment of the state-owned petroleum…

  • Creator Of Work Mexico. Dirección General de Talleres de Impresión de Estampillas y Valores
  • Subject Commemorative postage stamps, Mexico, Postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Petroleum refineries, Petroleum industry and trade, Petroleum industry and trade--Government ownership, Petróleos Mexicanos
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  Postage stamps

  Peruvian postage stamp commemorating the centenary of the birth of Daniel Alcides Carrión García

  • 1958

  Peruvian postage stamp commemorating the centenary of the birth of Daniel Alcides Carrión García (1857-1885), a Peruvian medical student after whom Carrion's disease is named. The stamp depicts Saint Martin de Porres…

  • Printer Bundesdruckerei-berlin
  • Subject Postage stamps, Commemorative postage stamps, Verruga peruana, Carrión, Daniel Alcides, 1857-1885, Science on postage stamps, Peru, Medical students, Martín, de Porres, Saint, 1579-1639
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  Postage stamps, Photomechanical prints, Postcards

  Postcard commemorating the 1958 World’s Fair in Brussels

  • 1958

  Postcard depicting the Atomium monument from the 1958 World's Fair exhibition in Brussels, Belgium. Designed by engineer André Waterkeyn (1917-2005) and architects André (1914-1988) and Jean Polak (1920-2012), the…

  • Subject Postage stamps, Postmarks, Commemorative postage stamps, Exhibitions, Belgium--Brussels, Atomium (Brussels, Belgium), Postcards, Offset lithography, Monuments
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  Postage stamps

  American postage stamps commemorating the centennial of the silver rush (Comstock Lode)

  • Circa 1959

  Depicts three 19th-century silver miners.

  • Subject Silver mines and mining, Silver miners, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Postage stamps, Nevada--Comstock Lode
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  Postage stamps

  First Day Cover commemorating Svante Arrhenius

  • 1959

  Cachet and stamp depict the Swedish chemist and physicist Svante Arrhenius.

  • Artist Wallhorn, Arne
  • Subject Postage stamps, Chemistry, Physical and theoretical, Chemists, Sweden, Postmarks, Commemorative postage stamps, Arrhenius, Svante, 1859-1927, Science on postage stamps, Nobel Prize winners, Cachets (Philately), Physicists, First day covers (Philately)
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  Postage stamps

  First Day Cover commemorating the 1st Arab Petroleum Conference, United Arab Republic

  • 1959-Apr-16

  Cachet and stamp depict oil pipeline and drilling derricks.

  • Manufacturer Thomas De La Rue & Company
  • Subject Petroleum industry and trade, Postage stamps, Egypt, United Arab Republic, Postmarks, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Congresses and conventions, Cachets (Philately), First day covers (Philately), Petroleum engineering, League of Arab States, Arab Petroleum Congress
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  Postage stamps

  First Day Cover commemorating Japan's use of the metric system

  • 1959-Jun-05

  Stamp depicts measuring instruments.

  • Subject Postage stamps, Japan, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Metric system, Cachets (Philately), First day covers (Philately), Postmarks
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  Postage stamps

  First Day Cover commemorating the 200th birthday of Johan Gadolin

  • 1960-Jun-04

  Cachet and stamp depict Johan Gadolin, who discovered the element yttrium and is considered the "founder of Finnish chemistry." The stamp commemorates the bicentennial of Gadolin's birth and features his likeness based…

  • Subject Postage stamps, Gadolin, Johan, 1760-1852, Chemists, Postmarks, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Finland, Cachets (Philately), Physicists, First day covers (Philately)
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  Postage stamps

  First Day Cover commemorating the inauguration of the atomic reactor at National Tsing Hua University

  • 1961

  First Day Cover commemorating the inauguration of the atomic reactor at National Tsing Hua University in Hsinchu, Taiwan. The stamp and envelope feature several illustrations of the reactor, which was completed on April…

  • Artist Wen Hsueh-ju
  • Printer Printing Bureau of the Ministry of Finance, Japan
  • Subject Postage stamps, Nuclear facilities, Postmarks, Commemorative postage stamps, Nuclear energy, Power resources, Science on postage stamps, Nuclear energy--Research--Laboratories, Cachets (Philately), First day covers (Philately), China, Guo li qing hua da xue (Hsinchu City, Taiwan), Taiwan
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  Postage stamps

  Greek postage stamp commemorating Democritus

  • Circa 1961

  Stamp from the inauguration of Democritus Nuclear Research Centre in Agia Paraskevi. Depicts ancient Greek philosopher Democritus and a model of an atom.

  • Subject Postage stamps, Democritus, approximately 460 B.C.-approximately 370 B.C., Commemorative postage stamps, Nuclear energy--Research, Science on postage stamps, Kentron Pyrēnikōn Ereunōn "Dēmokritos"
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  Postage stamps

  Soviet postage stamp commemorating the 5th International Biochemical Congress, Moscow

  • 1961

  Stamp depicts chemical glassware, electron microscope, molecule, and microscopic view of cell.

  • Subject Postage stamps, Biochemistry, Soviet Union, Science on postage stamps, Congresses and conventions, Commemorative postage stamps
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  Postage stamps

  First Day Cover commemorating 1901 Nobel Prize winners

  • 1961-Oct-12

  Cachet depicts Alfred Nobel, while stamps depict the 1901 Nobel Prize winners.

  • Artist Wallhorn, Arne
  • Subject Postage stamps, Röntgen, Wilhelm Conrad, 1845-1923, Hoff, J. H. van 't (Jacobus Henricus), 1852-1911, Chemists, Sweden, Postmarks, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Sully Prudhomme, 1839-1907, Nobel Prize winners, Cachets (Philately), Physicists, Behring, Emil von, 1854-1917, First day covers (Philately)
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  Postage stamps

  Cuban postage stamp promoting El Mundo Unido Contra La Malaria campaign

  • Cuban postage stamp promoting The World United Against Malaria campaign

  • 1962

  Cuban postage stamp printed to promote world anti-malaria campaign. Depicts a chinchona plant and chemical formulas for chloroquine and primaquine, medications used to treat malaria.

  • Subject Postage stamps, Cinchona, Cuba, Malaria--Treatment, Malaria, Science on postage stamps
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  Postage stamps

  First Day Cover commemorating 1902 Nobel Prize winners

  • 1962

  Cachet and stamps depict Nobel Prize winners from 1902.

  • Artist Wallhorn, Arne
  • Subject Postage stamps, Mommsen, Theodor, 1817-1903, Authors, Ross, Ronald, Sir, 1857-1932, Postmarks, Lorentz, H. A. (Hendrik Antoon), 1853-1928, Zeeman, Pieter, 1865-1943, Science on postage stamps, Fischer, Emil, 1852-1919, Nobel Prize winners, Physicians, First day covers (Philately), Chemists, Sweden, Commemorative postage stamps, Cachets (Philately), Physicists
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  Postage stamps

  First Day Cover commemorating the Accra Assembly - The World Without the Bomb, Ghana

  • 1962

  Depicts logo of the Accra Assembly held in Ghana on June 21-28, 1962, together with three postage stamps of Ghana.

  • Creator Of Work Ghana Philatelic Agency
  • Subject Postage stamps, Ghana, Accra Assembly (Organization), Ghana--Accra, Postmarks, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Nuclear nonproliferation, Cachets (Philately), First day covers (Philately)
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  Postage stamps

  Afghani postage stamps commemorating Pierre and Marie Curie

  • 1963

  Stamps depict Pierre and Marie Curie and are from a series put out by the Afghan Red Crescent Society.

  • Subject Women in science, Curie, Marie, 1867-1934, Women physicists, Women in physics, Women scientists, Afghanistan, Chemists, Commemorative postage stamps, Women chemists, Curie, Pierre, 1859-1906, Science on postage stamps, Nobel Prize winners, Women in chemistry, Physicists, Red Cross and Red Crescent, Postage stamps, Women Nobel Prize winners
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  Postage stamps

  First Day Cover commemorating Niels Bohr and the 50th anniversary of Bohr's atom theory

  • 1963-Nov-21

  Stamps depict Niels Bohr, the equation for the Bohr frequency condition (an equation relating to light frequency and electrons), and a diagram of the Bohr model of a hydrogen atom.

  • Artist Viggo Bang
  • Engraver Słania, Czesław
  • Subject Atomic structure, Denmark, Bohr, Niels, 1885-1962, Postmarks, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Nobel Prize winners, Cachets (Philately), Physicists, Postage stamps, First day covers (Philately)
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  Postage stamps

  First Day Cover commemorating United Nations efforts for the cessation of nuclear testing and preservation of humanity

  • 1964

  Cachet and stamp depict a mushroom cloud from a nuclear weapons test. Cachet was created by Fleetwood and the stamp was commissioned by the United Nations Postal Administration. Postmark depicts the United Nations…

  • Creator Of Work Fleetwood
  • Subject Postage stamps, Nuclear weapons--Testing, Postmarks, Commemorative postage stamps, United Nations, Science on postage stamps, Nuclear nonproliferation, Cachets (Philately), First day covers (Philately)
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  Postage stamps

  Iranian postage stamp commemorating the 1100th birthday of Abū Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariyyā al-Rāzī (Rhazes)

  • 1964

  Depicts Abū Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariyyā al-Rāzī (also known as Rhazes), a Persian polymath, physician, alchemist, and philosopher.

  • Subject Postage stamps, Muslim scholars, Medicine, Persian, Iran, Rhazes, Commemorative postage stamps, Philosophers, Science on postage stamps, Physicians, Alchemy
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  Postage stamps

  Paraguayan postage stamp commemorating Albert Einstein

  • 1965

  Depicts Albert Einstein with his formula for special relativity, along with a rocket. Stamp was part of a series that also included Newton, Copernicus, and Galileo.

  • Artist Mosdossy, Imre von, 1904-1995
  • Creator Of Work Thomas De La Rue & Company
  • Subject Postage stamps, Mosdossy, Imre von, 1904-1995, Paraguay, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955, Thomas De La Rue & Company, Nobel Prize winners, Physicists
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  Ephemera, Postage stamps

  Stamp honoring Andrés Manuel del Río (1764-1849)

  • 1965-Feb-18 (Date of issue)

  Mexican postage stamp commemorating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Spanish-Mexican scientist, engineer, and naturalist Andrés Manuel del Río (1764-1849) best known for his discovery of compounds of vanadium in…

  • Creator Of Work Mexico. Dirección General de Talleres de Impresión de Estampillas y Valores
  • Subject Postage stamps, Río, Andrés Manuel del, 1764-1849, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Vanadium, Scientists, Mexico
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  Postage stamps

  Soviet postage stamp commemorating 1965 IUPAC meeting in Moscow

  • 1965-Jun-15

  Stamp issued to publicize the 20th Congress of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), held in Moscow, July 12-18. The names of both the organization and the host city are spelled with chemical…

  • Subject Postage stamps, Chemistry, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Soviet Union, Science on postage stamps
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  Postage stamps

  First Day Cover commemorating Albert Einstein

  • 1966

  Cachet and stamp depict Albert Einstein. Cachet also depicts Einstein's formula for mass-energy equivalence and is from the Prominent Americans Series. The postmark is from Princeton, New Jersey.

  • Creator Of Work ArtCraft
  • Subject Postage stamps, Special relativity (Physics), Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955, Nobel Prize winners, Cachets (Philately), Physicists, First day covers (Philately)
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  Postage stamps, Ephemera, Postcards

  Postcard with Yemen postage stamp commemorating the inauguration of new World Health Organization offices

  • 1966

  Stamp issued by the Yemen Arab Republic depicting Persian polymath Avicenna (circa 980 - 1037), also known as Ibn Sina, Abu Ali Sina, and Pur Sina, as well as red roses and the new World Health Organization headquarters…

  • Subject Postage stamps, World Health Organization, Medicine, Persian, Mathematicians, Postcards, Alchemy, Avicenna, 980-1037, Philosophers, Science on postage stamps, Physicians, Muslim scholars, Commemorative postage stamps
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  Postage stamps

  First Day Cover commemorating August Kekule

  • 1966-Sep-07

  Friedrich August Kekule von Stradonitz was a German organic and theoretical chemist, whose most famous work was determining the structure of benzene. The FDC features Kekule on the cachet, a postmark depicting the…

  • Artist De Bast, Jean
  • Subject Benzene, Postage stamps, Chemistry, Physical and theoretical, Kekulé, August, 1829-1896, Chemists, Postmarks, Chemistry, Organic, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Belgium, Cachets (Philately), First day covers (Philately)