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First Day Cover commemorating the 1st Arab Petroleum Conference, United Arab Republic
Box 7- 1959-Apr-16
Cachet and stamp depict oil pipeline and drilling derricks.
- Manufacturer Thomas De La Rue & Company
- Subject Petroleum industry and trade, Postage stamps, Egypt, United Arab Republic, Postmarks, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Congresses and conventions, Cachets (Philately), First day covers (Philately), Petroleum engineering, League of Arab States, Arab Petroleum Congress
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French postage stamp commemorating Henri-Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville's work with aluminium
Box 7- 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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First Day Cover commemorating the "Science of Chemistry"
Box 6- 1976
First day cover created by Artmaster includes cachet depicting a 3D image of a nonexistent molecule. Stamp depicts chemical glassware. Envelope is signed by Herman S. Bloch, the inventor of the catalytic converter.
- Creator Of Work Artmaster
- Subject Postage stamps, Postmarks, Bloch, Herman S., American Chemical Society, Science on postage stamps, Cachets (Philately), First day covers (Philately)
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First Day Cover commemorating "A Century of Modern Chemistry"
Box 6- 1976
Cachet created by ArtCraft depicts a male and female chemist working in a laboratory setting, with text reading, "A Century of Modern Chemistry." Cover signed by Glen Seaborg.
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First Day Cover commemorating Claude-Louis Berthollet
Box 6- 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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Postage stamp commemorating German porcelain, German Democratic Republic
Box 6- Undated
Stamp from the series on the Leipzig Spring Trade Fair in 1950. Commemorates first porcelain on the trade fair in 1710.
- Artist Gruner, Erich
- Engraver Wolf, Karl
- Subject Postage stamps, Germany (East), Trade shows, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Porcelain, German
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Postage stamp commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Iraqi cement industry
Box 6- 1974
Depicts cement factory as well as high-rise buildings.
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Belizean postage stamp commemorating the United States Bicentennial
Box 6- 1976
Depicts William Wrigley Jr., as well as a worker tapping a sapodilla tree, which was used to manufacture bubble gum. Includes the bicentennial logo of the American Revolution.
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Pakistani postage stamp commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Colombo Plan
Box 6- 1971
Stamp depicts the maple leaf cement factory in Daud Khel, Pakistan. The Colombo Plan for Cooperative Economic and Social Development in Asia and the Pacific is a regional inter-governmental organization. It was…
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Postage stamp commemorating the sugar industry of Trinidad and Tobago
Box 6- 1969
Stamp depicts a sugar refinery along with a profile of Queen Elizabeth II in gold.
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First Day Cover commemorating the XV Colloquium Spectroscopicum Internationale
Box 5- 1969
Cachet depicts a light beam passing through a prism to create a spectrum. Stamp depicts colors of the spectrum. The 15th Colloquium Spectroscopicum Internationale was held May 26-30, 1969 in Madrid, Spain.
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First Day Cover commemorating the 75th anniversary of the American Chemical Society
Box 5- 1951
Cachet depicts two chemists working in a laboratory.
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American postage stamps commemorating the centennial of the silver rush (Comstock Lode)
Box 5- Circa 1959
Depicts three 19th-century silver miners.
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Iraqi postage stamp commemorating the 6th Annual Arab Petroleum Congress, Baghdad
Box 5- 1967
Depicts oil derrick, pipeline, and emblem of the 6th Annual Arab Petroleum Congress held in Baghdad, Iraq in March 1967.
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First Day Cover commemorating the Accra Assembly - The World Without the Bomb, Ghana
Box 4- 1962
Depicts logo of the Accra Assembly held in Ghana on June 21-28, 1962, together with three postage stamps of Ghana.
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First Day Cover commemorating United Nations Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
Box 4- 1972
Cachet created by ArtCraft includes depictions of an Atomic Research Center. Stamp depicts a mushroom cloud from a nuclear explosion crossed out with an "x".
- Creator Of Work ArtCraft
- Subject Postage stamps, Postmarks, Commemorative postage stamps, United Nations, Treaties, Science on postage stamps, Nuclear nonproliferation, Nuclear energy--Research--Laboratories, Cachets (Philately), First day covers (Philately), Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (1968 June 12)
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First Day Cover commemorating the inauguration of the atomic reactor at National Tsing Hua University
Box 4- 1961
First Day Cover commemorating the inauguration of the atomic reactor at National Tsing Hua University in Hsinchu, Taiwan. The stamp and envelope feature several illustrations of the reactor, which was completed on April…
- Artist Wen Hsueh-ju
- Printer Printing Bureau of the Ministry of Finance, Japan
- Subject Postage stamps, Nuclear facilities, Postmarks, Commemorative postage stamps, Nuclear energy, Power resources, Science on postage stamps, Nuclear energy--Research--Laboratories, Cachets (Philately), First day covers (Philately), China, Guo li qing hua da xue (Hsinchu City, Taiwan), Taiwan
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First Day Cover commemorating United Nations efforts for the cessation of nuclear testing and preservation of humanity
Box 4- 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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Soviet postage stamp commemorating the Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, 1958
Box 4- Undated
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
Box 3- 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 Dr. Rosalyn S. Yalow
Box 3- 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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Fluegel World War II Patriotic Cover commemorating use of the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan
Box 3- 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. (Captain), 1882-1953
- Subject Nevada--Beatty, Japan--Hiroshima-shi, Fluegel, Herman F., Nevada--Nevada Test Site, Postmarks, Commemorative postage stamps, Atomic bomb, Bombardment of Hiroshima-shi (Japan : 1945), Iwo Jima, Battle of (Japan : 1945), Cachets (Philately), Postage stamps, World War (1939-1945)
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Soviet postage stamp commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Box 3- 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
Box 3- 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