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)
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 Guinea-Bissau commemorating the 75th anniversary of Albert Einstein's Nobel Prize
Box 2- 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
Box 3- 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
Box 3- After 1970 – before 1991
Stamp depicts Alexander Fleming and penicillin.
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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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Syrian stamp commemorating Avicenna (Ibn Sina)
Box 1- 1981
Syrian stamp commemorating Avicenna (980-1037), also known as Ibn Sina, a philosopher and alchemist.
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Austrian stamp commemorating the International Pharmaceutical Federation congress
Box 4- 1981-Sep
Austrian postage stamp commemorating the International Pharmaceutical Federation Congress. The stamp features an illustration of an apothecary scale.
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Irish stamp commemorating Robert Boyle
Box 7- 1981-Mar-12
Irish stamp commemorating Robert Boyle (1627 - 1691). The stamp features a portrait of Boyle and his air pump.
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Tunisian stamp commemorating Avicenna (Ibn Sina)
Box 1- 1980
Tunisian stamp commemorating Avicenna (980-1037), also known as Ibn Sina, a philosopher and alchemist.
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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 from the French Territory of the Afars and the Issas commemorating Louis Pasteur
Box 2- 1970s
Stamp from the French Territory of the Afars and the Issas, now present-day Djibouti, commemorating Louis Pasteur (1822-1895). The stamp depicts Louis Pasteur with scientific instruments and illustrations of microbes as…
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Soviet postage stamp commemorating Albert Einstein
Box 2- 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
Box 2- 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
Box 2- 1979
Stamp depicts Albert Einstein playing a violin.
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Postage stamp from Togo commemorating the 100th birthday of Albert Einstein
Box 2- 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 Togo commemorating the 100th birthday of Albert Einstein
Box 2- 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 San Marino commemorating the 100th birthday of Albert Einstein
Box 2- 1979
Stamp depicts a portrait of Albert Einstein.
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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 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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East German postage stamp commemorating August Kekule
Box 1- 1979
Stamp depicts August Kekule with the chemical structure of a benzene ring.
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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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Postage stamp on souvenir sheet from the Ivory Coast commemorating Max Planck's Nobel Prize in Physics
Box 3- 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
Box 2- 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)
Box 7- 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)
Box 7- 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
