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Soviet postage stamp commemorating the Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, 1958
Stamp printed in USSR shows bomb, globe, model of an atom, Sputniks, and a ship.
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First Day Cover commemorating the 1958 World's Fair in Belgium
- 1958
Stamp printed in Belgium shows the Atomium and exposition emblem of the 1958 World's Fair in Brussels.
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First Day Cover commemorating Rosalyn S. Yalow
- 1979
Cachet created by Colorano is a silk depiction of Rosalyn S. Yalow with text that describes the work which earned her the 1971 Nobel Prize in Medicine. Part of the Women's History Series (No. 83) by the National…
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Fluegel World War II Patriotic Cover commemorating use of the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan
- 1951
Cachet is a "Fluegel Cover" depicting atomic bomb blast over Hiroshima, Japan. Stamp depicts U.S. Marines raising the flag at Iwo Jima.
- Artist Fluegel, Herman F.
- Subject Postmarks, Nevada--Beatty, Commemorative postage stamps, Postage stamps, Iwo Jima, Battle of (Japan : 1945), Japan--Hiroshima-shi, Fluegel, Herman F., Bombardment of Hiroshima-shi (Japan : 1945), World War (1939-1945), Cachets (Philately), Atomic bomb, and Nevada--Nevada Test Site
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Soviet postage stamp commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- 1976
Stamp published by the Soviet Union depicts images of an atom and the Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
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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 Science on postage stamps, Banting, Frederick Grant, Sir, 1891-1941, First day covers (Philately), Physicians, Postage stamps, University of Toronto, Medical scientists, Nobel Prize winners, Canada, Best, Charles Herbert, 1899-1978, Cachets (Philately), and Commemorative postage stamps
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Italian postage stamp commemorating the 25th anniversary of Enrico Fermi's first nuclear chain reaction
- 1967
Depicts Enrico Fermi with nuclear test pile (reactor).
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English postage stamp commemorating Derek Barton's 1969 Nobel Prize in Chemistry and the 100th anniversary of the Royal Institute of Chemistry
- 1977
While celebrating its centenary in 1977, the Royal Institute of Chemistry of Great Britain shared honors with English Nobel Prize winners in chemistry and physics. This stamp commemorates Derek Barton's receipt of the…
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First Day Cover commemorating Max Planck
- 1953
Cachet and stamp depict Max Planck, while the postmark is of Otto Lilienthal, who pioneered the use of gliders. Stamp is part of series, "Men from the History of Berlin."
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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 Paul Sabatier
- 1956
Cachet depicts chemical apparatus used in the petroleum industry. Stamp depicts Paul Sabatier, "founder of catalytic chemistry."
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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…
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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…
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First Day Cover commemorating Svante Arrhenius
- 1959
Cachet and stamp depict the Swedish chemist and physicist Svante Arrhenius.
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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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First Day Cover commemorating 1902 Nobel Prize winners
- 1962
Cachet and stamps depict Nobel Prize winners from 1902.
- Artist Wallhorn, Arne
- Subject Authors, Lorentz, H. A. (Hendrik Antoon), 1853-1928, Sweden, Physicists, First day covers (Philately), Physicians, Postage stamps, Ross, Ronald, Sir, 1857-1932, Mommsen, Theodor, 1817-1903, Zeeman, Pieter, 1865-1943, Fischer, Emil, 1852-1919, Chemists, Science on postage stamps, Postmarks, Commemorative postage stamps, Nobel Prize winners, and Cachets (Philately)
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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 Chemists, Postmarks, Sully Prudhomme, 1839-1907, Sweden, Physicists, First day covers (Philately), Postage stamps, Nobel Prize winners, Hoff, J. H. van 't (Jacobus Henricus), 1852-1911, Röntgen, Wilhelm Conrad, 1845-1923, Cachets (Philately), Science on postage stamps, Commemorative postage stamps, and Behring, Emil von, 1854-1917
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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…
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First Day Cover and Polish postage stamps commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Marie Curie
- circa 1967
Cachet and purple stamp depict a statue of Marie Curie, while the red stamp depicts Curie herself.
- Subject Chemists, Science on postage stamps, Women in science, Commemorative postage stamps, Physicists, First day covers (Philately), Postage stamps, Nobel Prize winners, Women chemists, Women scientists, Women physicists, Women in chemistry, Cachets (Philately), Curie, Marie, 1867-1934, Postmarks, Women in physics, and Poland
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Panamanian postage stamp commemorating Alfred Nobel and the Nobel Prize
Stamp depicts Nobel Prize medal and a dove with an olive branch in its mouth.
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First Day Cover commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Marie Curie
- 1968-Nov-06
Cachet depicts a tree-lined street. On left side of stamp, a patient is shown receiving radium treatments, while a portrait of Marie Curie is depicted on the right.
- Contributor India Posts and Telegraphs
- Printer India Security Press
- Subject Chemists, Science on postage stamps, Women in science, Commemorative postage stamps, Physicists, First day covers (Philately), Postage stamps, Nobel Prize winners, Women chemists, Women scientists, Women physicists, Radium--Therapeutic use, India, Cachets (Philately), Curie, Marie, 1867-1934, Women in physics, and Women in chemistry
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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.
- Artist Chesnot, Jean
- Engraver Fenneteaux, Roger
- Subject Chemists, Science on postage stamps, Pasteur, Louis, 1822-1895, Rabies--Vaccination, Monaco, Commemorative postage stamps, Postage stamps, and Microbiologists
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First Day Cover commemorating Albert Einstein
- 1956
Stamp depicts Albert Einstein and the the equation of mass-energy equivalence (E=MC2). Einstein has been featured on numerous stamps from around the world. His first appearance on a stamp is believed to be on this…
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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 Chemists, Science on postage stamps, Women in science, Commemorative postage stamps, Physicists, Postage stamps, Nobel Prize winners, Joliot-Curie, Frédéric, Women chemists, Women scientists, Women physicists, Women in chemistry, Joliot-Curie, Irène, 1897-1956, Martinique, and Women in physics
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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.