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First Day Cover commemorating Justus Liebig University in Giessen, Germany
Box 4- 1957
Depicts Justus von Liebig, known for his work in agricultural and organic chemistry.
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Envelope with Swedish postage stamps commemorating Fritz Haber and Max Planck
Box 3- 1978
Depicts Fritz Haber and Max Planck, Nobel Prize laureates in Chemistry and Physics.
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First Day Cover commemorating Otto Hahn's 1944 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Box 3- 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 Niels Bohr and the 50th anniversary of Bohr's atom theory
Box 3- 1963-Nov-21
Stamps depict Niels Bohr, the equation for the Bohr frequency condition (an equation relating to light frequency and electrons), and a diagram of the Bohr model of a hydrogen atom.
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Chadian postage stamp commemorating Alexander Fleming's Nobel Prize in Medicine
Box 3- Undated
Depicts Alexander Fleming, who won the Nobel Prize for the discovery of penicillin.
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Postcard with French postal stamps commemorating the centenary of the birth of Marie Curie
Box 2- 1967
Cachet shows the Curie laboratory in Paris, and stamps depict Marie Curie with a bowl of radium.
- Artist Autier, Ph., Pheulpin, Jean
- Engraver Pheulpin, Jean
- Subject Women in science, Curie, Marie, 1867-1934, Women physicists, Women in physics, France, Women scientists, Chemists, Postmarks, Commemorative postage stamps, Women chemists, Science on postage stamps, Nobel Prize winners, Women in chemistry, Cachets (Philately), Physicists, Postage stamps, Postcards, Women physical scientists, Women Nobel Prize winners
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Envelope with postage stamps commemorating 1901 Nobel Prize laureates
Box 2- Undated
Depicts awardees of the 1901 Nobel Prizes: Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen in Physics, Sully Prudhomme in Literature, Emil von Behring in Physiology or Medicine, and Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff in Chemistry.
- Artist Åsberg, Stig, 1909-1968
- Engraver Wallhorn, Arne
- Subject Postage stamps, Röntgen, Wilhelm Conrad, 1845-1923, Hoff, J. H. van 't (Jacobus Henricus), 1852-1911, Behring, Emil von, 1854-1917, Postmarks, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Sully Prudhomme, 1839-1907, Nobel Prize winners, Cachets (Philately), First day covers (Philately)
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Postcard and Spanish postage stamp commemorating Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen
Box 2- 1967
Depicts Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, awarded the first Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of X-rays, along with an X-ray tube and an atom.
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Postcard and French postage stamp commemorating Louis Pasteur
Box 2- After 1885 – before 1953
Postcard image is a reproduction of Finnish painter Albert Edelfelt's famed portrait "Pasteur Dans Son Laboratoire" [Pasteur In His Laboratory]. The portrait depicts Pasteur in his laboratory at the rue d'Ulm,…
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Postage stamp from Saint Kitts and Nevis commemorating Marie Curie
Box 2- 1975
Stamp issued during International Women's Year (1975), depicting Marie Curie, "discoverer of radium," by the former British colony Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla (now called the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis.)
- Subject Women in science, Curie, Marie, 1867-1934, Women physicists, Women scientists, Chemists, Women physical scientists, International Women's Year (1975), Commemorative postage stamps, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Women chemists, Science on postage stamps, Nobel Prize winners, Women in chemistry, Physicists, Postage stamps, Anguilla, Women Nobel Prize winners
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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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First Day Cover commemorating airmail and Israeli exports
Box 1- 1968
Stamp depicts Boeing 707, chemical apparatus, and heavy oxygen isotopes.
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First Day Cover commemorating the 2nd centenary of the birth of Antoine Lavoisier
Box 1- Circa 1943
Philatelic First Day Cover commemorating the 2nd centenary of the birth of Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743-1794), who is widely considered the father of modern chemistry.
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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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First Day Cover commemorating Japan's use of the metric system
Box 1- 1959-Jun-05
Stamp depicts measuring instruments.
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American postage stamps commemorating Joseph Priestley
Box 1- 1983
Depicts Joseph Priestley, often credited for the discovery of oxygen.
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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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Canadian postage stamp depicting chemical industry
Box 1- 1956
Stamp depicts aspects of chemistry and related sciences. The design depicting a laboratory vessel is illustrative of the scientific equipment used widely for research in the chemical industry. A representative chemical…
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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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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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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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Czechoslovakian postage stamp of a chemist at work
Box 1- Circa 1954
Depicts a chemist with test tube and flask, as well as the chemical structure of a carboxyl group.
- Artist Stretti, Mario
- Engraver Roule, Bohdan
- Subject Postage stamps, Chemistry, Chemists, Czechoslovakia, Science on postage stamps
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First Day Cover commemorating the 9th World Petroleum Conference, Tokyo
Box 7- 1975
Cachet, stamp, and postmark depict oil derricks.
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First Day Cover commemorating the 75th anniversary of the American Chemical Society
Box 7- 1951
Cachet created by Fleetwood depicts "The Chemist" along with ACS logo and the tagline, "Maker of a Better Tomorrow." Stamp issued to commemorate the diamond jubilee of the American Chemical Society. Addressed to and…
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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