Spanning the years 1910-1983, this collection of international postage stamps and philatelic material depict various aspects of chemistry and related sciences. In addition to postage stamps, the collection contains proofs, first day covers, cachets, and postmarks from over 90 countries. Topics portrayed on the stamps include alchemy, Nobel Prize winners, atomic energy, science education, chemical industries, energy conservation, the petroleum industry, as well as botanical and mineral drugs. The collection was compiled by Richard M. Lawrence over a 40-year period and was also known as "The World of Chemistry in Stamps." The collection was sold to the Witco Chemical Corporation in 1983 before eventually being donated by Witco's successor the Crompton Corporation. A portion of the collection has been digitized and is available online.
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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,…
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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.
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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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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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American postage stamps commemorating Joseph Priestley
- 1983
Depicts Joseph Priestley, often credited for the discovery of oxygen.
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Soviet postage stamp commemorating Albert Einstein
- 1979
Depicts Albert Einstein and his formula for mass-energy equivalence.
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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.
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Postage stamp from Togo commemorating the 100th birthday of Albert Einstein
- 1979
Stamp depicts Albert Einstein playing a violin.
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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…
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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.
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Postage stamp from San Marino commemorating the 100th birthday of Albert Einstein
- 1979
Stamp depicts a portrait of Albert Einstein.
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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.
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First Day Cover commemorating Dr. 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 1977 Nobel Prize in Medicine. Part of the Women's History Series (No. 83) by the National…
- Creator Of Work Colorano
- Subject Women in science, Postage stamps, Jewish scientists, Women scientists, Postmarks, Yalow, Rosalyn S. (Rosalyn Sussman), 1921-2011, Science on postage stamps, Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955, Nobel Prize winners, Cachets (Philately), Physicists, Women in medicine, Women Nobel Prize winners
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East German postage stamp commemorating August Kekule
- 1979
Stamp depicts August Kekule with the chemical structure of a benzene ring.
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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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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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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…
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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.
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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
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Malian postage stamp commemorating the 250th anniversary of Isaac Newton's death
- 1977
Stamp depicts the launch of an Atlas rocket carrying a Mercury single-man spacecraft, Newton, the fabled apple, and a satellite (possibly NASA's first Orbiting Astronomical Observatory launched in 1966).
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English postage stamp commemorating Walter Norman Haworth's 1937 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 W. N. Haworth's receipt of the…
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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 Maria Goeppert Mayer
- 1977-Oct-20
Philatelic First Day Cover features a Colorano "Silk” cachet. These First Day Covers, produced by Colorano, were introduced in 1971 and produced until 2016. Each color illustration is printed on satin-finish fabric…
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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.
