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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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Stamp set commemorating 50th anniversary of Oklahoma statehood
Box 3- 1957
Set of four postage stamps celebrating the 50th anniversary of Oklahoma's statehood. Depicts an atomic model with an arrow piercing its nucleus overlaying a silhouette of the state of Oklahoma. Reflects Oklahoma’s…
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Stamp commemorating the centennial of medical and pharmaceutical education in Bucharest and the National Congress of Medical Sciences
Box 4- 1957
Romanian postage stamp from 1957, commemorating the centennial of medical and pharmaceutical education in Bucharest and the National Congress of Medical Sciences. The stamp features portraits of Nicolae Crețulescu…
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Postcard and stamp commemorating Louis Jacques Thénard
Box 5- 1957
A postcard and first day issue cover with a French stamp honoring Louis Jacques Thénard (1777-1857), French chemist and the founder of the Société de Secours des Amis des Sciences.
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Postcard and French postage stamp commemorating Louis Jacques Thénard
Box 5- 1957
Depicts Louis Jacques Thénard, French chemist and the founder of the Société de Secours des Amis des Sciences.
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French postage stamp commemorating Louis Jacques Thénard
Box 5- 1957
French postcard commemorating Louis Jacques Thénard (1777-1857), French chemist and the founder of the Société de Secours des Amis des Sciences.
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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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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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First Day Cover commemorating the centenary of the death of Amedeo Avogadro
Box 1- 1956
Cachet depicts a bust of Avogadro as well as text of Avogadro's law, which states that equal volumes of gases under the same conditions of temperature and pressure will contain equal numbers of molecules. The stamp…
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First Day Cover commemorating Paul Sabatier
Box 3- 1956
Cachet depicts chemical apparatus used in the petroleum industry. Stamp depicts Paul Sabatier, "founder of catalytic chemistry."
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First Day Cover commemorating Albert Einstein
Box 2- 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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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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East German postage stamp commemorating the 400th anniversary of the death of Georgius Agricola
Box 1- 1955
Stamp depicts Georgius Agricola (1494-1555), who is perhaps best known as the "father of minerology" and for his work De re metallica [On the Nature of Metals].
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Belgian semipostal stamp commemorating Leo H. Baekeland
Box 1- 1955-Oct-09
Stamp depicts Leo Hendrik Baekeland, a Belgian chemist who invented Bakelite (polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride) in 1907. Bakelite was an inexpensive, versatile, and popular plastic, which marked the beginning of the…
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Atoms for Peace First Day Issue
Box 4- 1955-Jul-28
Philatelic First Day Cover with cachet titled, "Atoms for Peace." The cachet depicts a structure called the Atom Smasher, a Van de Graaff electrostatic nuclear accelerator operated by the Westinghouse Electric…
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Atoms for Peace First Day Issue
Box 4- 1955-Jul-28
Philatelic First Day Cover with cachet titled, "Atoms for Peace." The cachet includes two photographic images, one portrait of Albert Einstein (1879-1955) and the other of an unknown scientist administering cancer…
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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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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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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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First Day Cover commemorating Max Planck
Box 3- 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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Stamp from Poland commemorating Avicenna (Ibn Sina)
Box 1- 1952
Polish stamp commemorating Avicenna (980-1037), also known as Ibn Sina, a philosopher and alchemist.
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German stamp commemorating Avicenna (Ibn Sina)
Box 1- 1952
Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR) stamp commemorating Avicenna (980-1037), also known as Ibn Sina, a philosopher and alchemist.
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Mexican postage stamp commemorating the Instituto Politécnico Nacional (25th anniversary)
Box 4- 1951
Mexican postage stamp issued to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Instituto Politécnico Nacional de México (the National Polytechnic Institute of Mexico) on January 1, 1936. Established during the…
- 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, Instituto Politécnico Nacional (Mexico), Women in science, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Science--Study and teaching
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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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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…