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This digital collection features selected postage stamps and other philatelic materials depicting various aspects of science: from molecules and chemical reactions to portraits of Nobel Prize laureates. Materials in this collection, dating from 1887 to 2000, include stamps and first day covers, as well as commemorative and postmarked envelopes and postcards. Most of the items were selected from the Witco Stamp Collection in the Institute's archives.

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    First Day Cover commemorating Svante Arrhenius

    • 1959

    Cachet and stamp depict the Swedish chemist and physicist Svante Arrhenius.

    • Artist Wallhorn, Arne
    • Subject Postage stamps, Chemistry, Physical and theoretical, Chemists, Sweden, Postmarks, Commemorative postage stamps, Arrhenius, Svante, 1859-1927, Science on postage stamps, Nobel Prize winners, Cachets (Philately), Physicists, First day covers (Philately)
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    First Day Cover commemorating 1901 Nobel Prize winners

    • 1961-Oct-12

    Cachet depicts Alfred Nobel, while stamps depict the 1901 Nobel Prize winners.

    • Artist Wallhorn, Arne
    • Subject Postage stamps, Röntgen, Wilhelm Conrad, 1845-1923, Hoff, J. H. van 't (Jacobus Henricus), 1852-1911, Chemists, Sweden, Postmarks, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Sully Prudhomme, 1839-1907, Nobel Prize winners, Cachets (Philately), Physicists, Behring, Emil von, 1854-1917, First day covers (Philately)
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    First Day Cover commemorating 1902 Nobel Prize winners

    • 1962

    Cachet and stamps depict Nobel Prize winners from 1902.

    • Artist Wallhorn, Arne
    • Subject Postage stamps, Mommsen, Theodor, 1817-1903, Authors, Ross, Ronald, Sir, 1857-1932, Postmarks, Lorentz, H. A. (Hendrik Antoon), 1853-1928, Zeeman, Pieter, 1865-1943, Science on postage stamps, Fischer, Emil, 1852-1919, Nobel Prize winners, Physicians, First day covers (Philately), Chemists, Sweden, Commemorative postage stamps, Cachets (Philately), Physicists
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    Envelope with Swedish postage stamps commemorating Fritz Haber and Max Planck

    • 1978

    Depicts Fritz Haber and Max Planck, Nobel Prize laureates in Chemistry and Physics.

    • Artist Forsberg, Lennart
    • Engraver Wallhorn, Arne
    • Subject Postage stamps, Haber, Fritz, 1868-1934, Chemists, Sweden, Postmarks, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Nobel Prize winners, Physicists, Planck, Max, 1858-1947
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    Envelope with postage stamps commemorating 1901 Nobel Prize laureates

    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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