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Greek postage stamp commemorating Democritus
Box 1- 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.
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Iranian postage stamp commemorating the 1100th birthday of Abū Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariyyā al-Rāzī (Rhazes)
Box 1- 1964
Depicts Abū Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariyyā al-Rāzī (also known as Rhazes), a Persian polymath, physician, alchemist, and philosopher.
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Malian postage stamp commemorating the 250th anniversary of Isaac Newton's death
Box 1- 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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Peruvian postage stamp commemorating the centenary of the birth of Daniel Alcides Carrión García
Box 1- 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…
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Postage stamp commemorating German emergency aid
Box 1- 1934
Stamp issued by the "Deutsche Reich" government under Nazi rule depicting images associated with the profession of chemistry.
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Postage stamp commemorating Ghana's conversion to the metric system in 1975
Box 1- 1975
Stamp depicts scales weighing jars of jam, with text, "2 1/4 lbs of Jam is a little more than a kilogram."
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Postage stamp commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology
Box 1- 1976
Stamp depicts aspects of chemistry and related sciences.
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Postage stamp commemorating the 5th Biennial Symposium of the Iranian Biochemical Society
Box 1- 1975
Stamp depicts a generic formula for an amino acid where R stands for "radical." In organic chemistry, this nomenclature represents the possibility of any one of a series of aliphatic groups, like methyl, ethyl, propyl,…
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Postage stamp commemorating the Natural Rubber Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1968
Box 1- 1968
Stamp was issued on the occasion of a Natural Rubber Conference held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in 1968. It depicts a space-filling model of isoprene and a representation of the traditional way of collecting natural…
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Postage stamp from Comoros commemorating Avicenna (Ibn Sina)
Box 1- 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 Dubai commemorating Avicenna (Ibn Sina)
Box 1- 1971
Postage stamp from Dubai, featuring a depiction of Persian polymath Avicenna (circa 980 - 1037), also known as Ibn Sina, Abu Ali Sina, and Pur Sina. Avicenna is regarded as one of the most significant physicians,…
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Postage stamp from Monaco commemorating science and the 25th anniversary of UNESCO
Box 1- 1971-Sep-06
Stamp depicts an alchemist, rocket, and radar system.
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Postcard and French postage stamp commemorating Isaac Newton
Box 1- Undated
Depicts Isaac Newton.
- Artist Lalau, Maurice
- Engraver Munier, Pierre
- Subject Postage stamps, Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727, France, Postcards, Postmarks, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps
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Postcard with Yemen postage stamp commemorating the inauguration of new World Health Organization offices
Box 1- 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…
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Romanian postage stamp commemorating Expo '67 in Montreal
Box 1- 1967
Depicts logo for Expo '67 inside a diagram of an atom (diagram may represent an orbiting spacecraft).
- Artist I. Druga, G. Bozianu
- Subject Romania, Exhibitions, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Postage stamps
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Semipostal stamp from Luxembourg to support the International Relief Fund for Intellectuals
Box 1- 1935
Depicts a scientist in a laboratory setting looking through a microscope.
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Sheet of stamps depicting Chaim Weizmann
Box 1- 1978
A sheet of stamps depicting Chaim Weizmann (1874-1952). Weizmann was a biochemist and the first president of Isreal.
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Soviet postage stamp commemorating the 5th International Biochemical Congress, Moscow
Box 1- 1961
Stamp depicts chemical glassware, electron microscope, molecule, and microscopic view of cell.
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Soviet stamp commemorating Avicenna (Ibn Sina)
Box 1- 1980
Soviet stamp commemorating Avicenna (980-1037), also known as Ibn Sina, a philosopher and alchemist.
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Stamp commemorating August Kekulé
Box 1- 1966
Friedrich August Kekule von Stradonitz (1829-1896) was a German organic and theoretical chemist, whose most famous work was determining the structure of benzene. This Stamp features Kekule framed by the chemical…
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Stamp commemorating Louis Jacques Thénard
Box 1- 1957-Nov-30
Philatelic First Day Cover commemorating the 100th anniversary of the death of Louis Jacques Thénard (1777-1857), French chemist and the founder of the Société de Secours des Amis des Sciences.
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Stamp commemorating Nikolai Nikolaevich Zinin
Box 1- 1962
Soviet Union postage stamp commemorating Nikolay Nikolaevich Zinin (1812-1880), a Russian organic chemist who created a base of aniline, which he named benzidam.
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Stamp commemorating the Weizmann Institute of Science
Box 1- 1969
Israeli postage stamp issued in 1969, commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Weizmann Institute of Science. The design features a stylized atom and flask, symbolizing science, with the institute's name in Hebrew and…
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Stamp commemorating the discovery of Benzene
Box 1- 1964-Aug-14
1964 German stamp commemorating the 100 year anniversary of the discovery of Benzene. The stamp depicts the Kekulé structure of benzene, which was first created by August Kekulé (1829-1896) in 1865.
- Creator Of Work Deutsche Bundespost
- Subject Benzene, Postage stamps, Commemorative postage stamps, Chemical structure, Kekulé, August, 1829-1896
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Stamp from Iran commemorating Avicenna (Ibn Sina)
Box 1- 1950
Iranian stamp commemorating Avicenna (980-1037), also known as Ibn Sina, a philosopher and alchemist.