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Postcard and French postage stamp commemorating the 2nd centenary of the birth of Antoine Lavoisier
- Circa 1943
Depicts Antoine Lavoisier, the "creator of modern chemistry."
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Letter from Irène Joliot-Curie to Monsieur [Raymond] Delaby
- 1947-Mar-07
Letter from Irène Joliot-Curie (1897-1956) to Raymond Delaby (1891-1958), general-secretary of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) concerning the appointment of Norwegian radiochemist Ellen…
- Author Joliot-Curie, Irène, 1897-1956
- Contributor International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
- Addressee Delaby, Raymond
- Subject Joliot-Curie, Irène, 1897-1956, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Nobel Prize winners, Women Nobel Prize winners, Women chemists, Women in science, Gleditsch, Ellen, 1879-1968
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Illustrated Catalog - Pasteur Exhibition
- 1947-Apr-09 – 1947-May-26
Illustrated catalog for a Pasteur Exhibition at the Science Museum in South Kensington, England, April 9th through May 26th, 1947. Exhibition originally shown in Paris, France, with added contributions from the Wellcome…
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First Day Cover commemorating Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac
- 1951
Cachet and semipostal stamp depict Gay-Lussac. Cachet depicts a book titled "Law of Gay-Lussac" and various scientific apparatus. Envelope is addressed to Mrs. Richard M. Lawrence, President of the ACS Wives Club.
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French postage stamp commemorating Henri-Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville's work with aluminium
- 1955-Mar-07
On March 7, 1955, France issued a set of six stamps under the theme "Famous Inventors." One of these stamps featured Sainte-Claire Deville who created metallic aluminum in 1855. Stamp depicts modern uses of aluminum…
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Belgian semipostal stamp commemorating Leo H. Baekeland
- 1955-Oct-09
Stamp depicts Leo Hendrik Baekeland, a Belgian chemist who invented Bakelite (polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride) in 1907. Bakelite was an inexpensive, versatile, and popular plastic, which marked the beginning of the…
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Canadian postage stamp depicting chemical industry
- 1956
Stamp depicts aspects of chemistry and related sciences. The design depicting a laboratory vessel is illustrative of the scientific equipment used widely for research in the chemical industry. A representative chemical…
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First Day Cover commemorating Paul Sabatier
- 1956
Cachet depicts chemical apparatus used in the petroleum industry. Stamp depicts Paul Sabatier, "founder of catalytic chemistry."
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Postcard and French postage stamp commemorating Louis Jacques Thénard
- 1957
Depicts Louis Jacques Thénard, French chemist and the founder of the Charitable Society of the Friends of Science.
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First Day Cover commemorating Claude-Louis Berthollet
- 1958
Cachet and stamp depict Claude-Louis Berthollet. Cachet includes text describing Berthollet's contributions to water purification.
- Creator Of Work P.A.C.
- Engraver Combet, Jacques
- Subject Water--Purification, Postage stamps, France, Chemists, Postmarks, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Cachets (Philately), First day covers (Philately), Berthollet, Claude-Louis, 1748-1822
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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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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…
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Postage stamp from Monaco commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Marie Curie
- 1967
Stamp depicts a profile of Marie Curie along with various scientific instruments.
- Artist Lambert, Perrette
- Engraver Pheulpin, Jean
- Subject Women in science, Curie, Marie, 1867-1934, Women physicists, Monaco, Women in physics, Women scientists, Chemists, Commemorative postage stamps, Women chemists, Science on postage stamps, Nobel Prize winners, Women in chemistry, Physicists, Postage stamps, Women Nobel Prize winners
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Postcard with French postal stamps commemorating the centenary of the birth of Marie Curie
- 1967
Cachet shows the Curie laboratory in Paris, and stamps depict Marie Curie with a bowl of radium.
- Artist Autier, Ph., Pheulpin, Jean
- Engraver Pheulpin, Jean
- Subject Women in science, Curie, Marie, 1867-1934, Women physicists, Women in physics, France, Women scientists, Chemists, Postmarks, Commemorative postage stamps, Women chemists, Science on postage stamps, Nobel Prize winners, Women in chemistry, Cachets (Philately), Physicists, Postage stamps, Postcards, Women physical scientists, Women Nobel Prize winners
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First Day Cover commemorating airmail and Israeli exports
- 1968
Stamp depicts Boeing 707, chemical apparatus, and heavy oxygen isotopes.
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Congolese postage stamp commemorating Alexander Fleming's Nobel Prize in Medicine
- After 1970 – before 1991
Stamp depicts Alexander Fleming and penicillin.
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First Day Cover commemorating Victor Grignard
- 1971
Cachet, semipostal stamp, and postmark feature a portrait of the chemist, François Auguste Victor Grignard. The cachet and stamp also depict the apparatus Grignard used to produce the Grignard reaction, a new method for…
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First Day Cover commemorating the 50th anniversary of the discovery of insulin
- 1971
Cachet depicts Frederick Banting and Charles Best with a description of how they isolated and refined insulin as an independent hormone.
- Artist Ray Webber
- Contributor British American Bank Note Company
- Subject Postage stamps, Best, Charles Herbert, 1899-1978, University of Toronto, Commemorative postage stamps, Banting, Frederick Grant, Sir, 1891-1941, Science on postage stamps, Canada, Nobel Prize winners, Medical scientists, Cachets (Philately), First day covers (Philately), Physicians
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First Day Cover honoring Ernest Rutherford
- 1971
Cachet includes two depictions of Lord Rutherford and text, "World Famous Scientist Pioneering in Radioactivity and Nuclear Physics." The research program in the field of radioactivity undertaken by Rutherford at…
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Postage stamp from Monaco commemorating science and the 25th anniversary of UNESCO
- 1971-Sep-06
Stamp depicts an alchemist, rocket, and radar system.
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Postage stamp from Monaco commemorating Louis Pasteur
- 1972
Stamp depicts French chemist and microbiologist Louis Pasteur, along with boy receiving rabies vaccination, livestock, and chemical apparatuses.
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French semipostal stamp commemorating Louis Pasteur
- 1973
Stamp depicts Louis Pasteur with microbes as seen through a microscope.
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Facsimile of a Pasteur letter, with French postage stamps commemorating Louis Pasteur
- 1973-Jun-10
Semipostal stamps commemorating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Louis Pasteur. Includes two postmarks depicting Pasteur, with Pasteur also featured on the first day of issue cancel. A semipostal stamp is a postage…
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First Day Cover commemorating Louis Pasteur
- 1973-Jun-10
Cachet, semipostal stamp, and postmark depict Louis Pasteur. A semipostal stamp is a postage stamp issued to raise money for a particular purpose (such as a charitable cause) and sold at a premium over the postal value.
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First Day Cover commemorating the 150th birthday of Louis Pasteur
- 1973-Jun-10
Cachet, semipostal stamp, and postmark depict French chemist Louis Pasteur (1822-1895). The portrait is a reproduction of a detail from Finnish painter Albert Edelfelt's famed portrait "Pasteur Dans Son Laboratoire"…
