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  Postage stamps

  First Day Cover commemorating Xu Guangxian

  • 2009-Nov-07

  Cachet, postmark, and stamp depicting rare earth chemist Xu Guangxian (1920-2015). Xu, also known as Kwang-hsien Hsu, was a Chinese chemist who held various positions in the Department of Chemistry at Peking University.…

  • Subject Xu, Guangxian, Rare earths, Chemists, Cachets (Philately), Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Postmarks, China
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  Postage stamp from Comoros commemorating Avicenna (Ibn Sina)

  • After 1979 – before 2000

  Postage stamp from Comoros, an archipelago of volcanic islands situated off the south-east coast of Africa, featuring a depiction of Persian polymath Avicenna (circa 980 - 1037), also known as Ibn Sina, Abu Ali Sina,…

  • Engraver Combet, Jacques
  • Subject Comoros, Muslim scholars, Medicine, Persian, Medicine, Alchemists, Commemorative postage stamps, Avicenna, 980-1037, Philosophers, Science on postage stamps, Physicians, Mathematicians
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  Postage stamp from Guinea-Bissau commemorating the 75th anniversary of Albert Einstein's Nobel Prize

  • 1996

  Depicts a drawing of Albert Einstein, along with a Nobel Prize medal and an atom.

  • Subject Postage stamps, Guinea-Bissau, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955, Nobel Prize winners, Physicists
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  Postage stamps, Ephemera

  Postage stamp honoring Dr. Virginia Apgar

  • 1995

  United States postage stamp honoring Dr. Virginia Apgar (1909-1974), an American obstetrical anesthesiologist best known as the inventor of the Apgar Score used to quickly assess the health of a newborn child…

  • Creator Of Work United States Postal Service
  • Subject Women in science, Postage stamps, Apgar, Virginia, 1909-1974, Apgar score, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Women physicians
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  German postage stamp commemorating Fritz Haber

  • After 1950 – before 1995

  Stamp depicts profile of Fritz Haber who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1918 for developing a process to synthesize ammonia from nitrogen and hydrogen gas, which allowed for the large-scale synthesis of…

  • Subject Postage stamps, Haber, Fritz, 1868-1934, Chemists, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Nobel Prize winners, Germany
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  First Day Cover commemorating the 100th anniversary of the death of Louis Pasteur

  • 1995-Sep-03

  Cachet, stamp, and postmark depict Louis Pasteur.

  • Artist Briat, Louis
  • Subject Postage stamps, Microbiologists, France, Chemists, Pasteur, Louis, 1822-1895, Postmarks, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Cachets (Philately), First day covers (Philately)
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  First Day Cover commemorating Louis Pasteur

  • 1995-Jun-03

  Cachet, stamp, and postmark depict Louis Pasteur.

  • Artist Briat, Louis
  • Subject Postage stamps, Microbiologists, France, Chemists, Pasteur, Louis, 1822-1895, Postmarks, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Cachets (Philately)
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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.

  • Artist Vásárhelyi, Gyula László 1929-
  • Subject Postage stamps, Biologists, Fleming, Alexander, 1881-1955, Penicillin, Pharmacologists, Commemorative postage stamps, Medical botanists, Science on postage stamps, Nobel Prize winners, Congo (Brazzaville)
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  American postage stamps commemorating Joseph Priestley

  • 1983

  Depicts Joseph Priestley, often credited for the discovery of oxygen.

  • Subject Postage stamps, Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps
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  Postage stamps, Ephemera

  First Day Cover commemorating Rachel Carson

  • 1981-May-28

  Philatelic First Day Cover commemorating American marine biologist, author, and conservationist Rachel Carson (1907-1964). Part of the "Great Americans Series," the envelope bears the postmark of Springdale,…

  • Subject Women in science, Postage stamps, Women scientists, Postmarks, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Cachets (Philately), First day covers (Philately), Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964
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  Postage stamps, Ephemera

  First Day Cover honoring Emily Bissell

  • 1980-May-31

  Philatelic First Day Cover honoring American social worker and activist Emily Bissell (1861-1948), best known for her work to combat tuberculosis and for introducing Christmas Seals to the United States. The cover bears…

  • Creator Of Work ArtCraft
  • Subject Seals and labels (Philately), Postage stamps, Postmarks, Bissell, Emily P. (Emily Perkins), 1861-1948, Science on postage stamps, Cachets (Philately), First day covers (Philately), Commemorative postage stamps, Women in the social sciences
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  Soviet postage stamp commemorating Albert Einstein

  • 1979

  Depicts Albert Einstein and his formula for mass-energy equivalence.

  • Artist Piotr Emilyevich Bendel
  • Subject Postage stamps, Special relativity (Physics), Soviet Union, Science on postage stamps, Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955, Nobel Prize winners, Physicists, Commemorative postage stamps
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  Postage stamps on a souvenir sheet from Togo commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Albert Einstein

  • 1979

  Depicts Albert Einstein and the formula for special relativity.

  • Subject Postage stamps, Togo, Special relativity (Physics), Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955, Nobel Prize winners, Physicists
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  Postage stamp from Togo commemorating the 100th birthday of Albert Einstein

  • 1979

  Stamp depicts Albert Einstein playing a violin.

  • Subject Postage stamps, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955, Nobel Prize winners, Physicists
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  Postage stamp from Togo commemorating the 100th birthday of Albert Einstein

  • 1979

  Stamp depicts the the Einstein Tower (Einsteinturm), an astrophysical observatory in the Albert Einstein Science Park in Potsdam, Germany. It houses a solar telescope designed by the astronomer Erwin Finlay-Freundlich…

  • Subject Postage stamps, Togo, Special relativity (Physics), Commemorative postage stamps, Einstein Tower, Science on postage stamps, Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955, Nobel Prize winners
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  Postage stamp from Togo commemorating the 100th birthday of Albert Einstein

  • 1979

  Stamp depicts Albert Einstein and J. R. MacDonald seated at a table in Berlin, Germany in 1931.

  • Subject Postage stamps, Macdonald, J. R., Togo, Germany--Berlin, Science on postage stamps, Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955, Nobel Prize winners, Physicists, Commemorative postage stamps
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  Postage stamp from San Marino commemorating the 100th birthday of Albert Einstein

  • 1979

  Stamp depicts a portrait of Albert Einstein.

  • Printer Hélio Courvoisier S.A
  • Subject San Marino, Postage stamps, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955, Nobel Prize winners, Physicists
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  First Day Cover commemorating Otto Hahn's 1944 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

  • 1979

  Cachet depicts Otto Hahn's equipment and the nuclear fission of uranium atoms. Stamp shows Hahn's diagram of the splitting of the uranium nucleus. Hahn was the Nobel Prize Winner for Chemistry in 1944.

  • Subject Hahn, Otto, 1879-1968, Postage stamps, Chemists, Postmarks, Commemorative postage stamps, Nuclear fission, Science on postage stamps, Nobel Prize winners, Cachets (Philately), First day covers (Philately), Germany
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  East German postage stamp commemorating August Kekule

  • 1979

  Stamp depicts August Kekule with the chemical structure of a benzene ring.

  • Artist Stauf, Gerhard
  • Subject Benzene, Postage stamps, Germany (East), Kekulé, August, 1829-1896, Chemists, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps
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  Postage stamp on souvenir sheet from the Ivory Coast commemorating Max Planck's Nobel Prize in Physics

  • 1978

  Stamp on souvenir sheet depicting Max Planck, a rocket, and the planet Earth. Planck won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1918 (the stamp incorrectly identifies his Nobel Prize as 1914). Max Planck is known as the father…

  • Artist Vásárhelyi, Gyula László 1929-
  • Subject Postage stamps, Nobel, Alfred Bernhard, 1833-1896, Côte d'Ivoire, Commemorative postage stamps, Planck, Max, 1858-1947, Nobel Prize winners, Physicists, Science on postage stamps
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  Postage stamp from the Ivory Coast commemorating Svante August Arrhenius's Nobel Prize in Chemistry

  • 1978

  Stamp commemorating the Swedish chemist, Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927), whose portrait is featured on the stamp. Arrhenius is considered by some to be the father of physical chemistry and won the 1903 Nobel Prize in…

  • Artist Vásárhelyi, Gyula László 1929-
  • Subject Postage stamps, Chemists, Commemorative postage stamps, Arrhenius, Svante, 1859-1927, Science on postage stamps, Nobel Prize winners
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  Ephemera, Postage stamps

  Mexican postage stamp commemorating Petróleos Mexicanos (40th anniversary)

  • 1978

  Mexican postage stamp issued to commemorate the 40th 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, Oil wells, Petroleum industry and trade, Petroleum industry and trade--Government ownership, Petróleos Mexicanos
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  Ephemera, Postage stamps

  Mexican postage stamp commemorating Petróleos Mexicanos (40th anniversary)

  • 1978

  Mexican postage stamp issued to commemorate the 40th 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 industry and trade, Petroleum industry and trade--Government ownership, Cárdenas, Lázaro, 1895-1970, Petróleos Mexicanos
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  Envelope with Swedish postage stamps commemorating Fritz Haber and Max Planck

  • 1978

  Depicts Fritz Haber and Max Planck, Nobel Prize laureates in Chemistry and Physics.

  • Artist Forsberg, Lennart
  • Engraver Wallhorn, Arne
  • Subject Postage stamps, Haber, Fritz, 1868-1934, Chemists, Sweden, Postmarks, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Nobel Prize winners, Physicists, Planck, Max, 1858-1947
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  Postage stamp from Martinique commemorating Irène and Frédéric Joliot-Curie's 1935 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

  • 1977

  Stamp depicts Irène and Frédéric Joliot-Curie, along with a model of an unidentified molecule.

  • Artist Vásárhelyi, Gyula László 1929-
  • Subject Women in science, Joliot-Curie, Irène, 1897-1956, Postage stamps, Women physicists, Women in physics, Women scientists, Chemists, Commemorative postage stamps, Women chemists, Science on postage stamps, Nobel Prize winners, Joliot-Curie, Frédéric, Physicists, Martinique, Women in chemistry, Women Nobel Prize winners