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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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Ephemera, Postage stamps

Mexican postage stamp commemorating Petróleos Mexicanos (40th anniversary)
- 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
Ephemera, Postage stamps

Mexican postage stamp commemorating Petróleos Mexicanos (20th anniversary)
- 1958
Mexican postage stamp issued to commemorate the 20th 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 refineries, Petroleum industry and trade, Petroleum industry and trade--Government ownership, Petróleos Mexicanos
Ephemera, Postage stamps

Mexican postage stamp commemorating Aniversario Petróleos Mexicanos (20th anniversary)
- 1958
Mexican postage stamp issued to commemorate the 20th 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 refineries, Petroleum industry and trade, Petroleum industry and trade--Government ownership, Petróleos Mexicanos
Ephemera, Postage stamps

Mexican postage stamp commemorating Aniversario Petróleos Mexicanos (20th anniversary)
- 1958
Mexican postage stamp issued to commemorate the 20th 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 refineries, Petroleum industry and trade, Petroleum industry and trade--Government ownership, Petróleos Mexicanos
Ephemera, Postage stamps

Mexican postage stamp commemorating Petróleos Mexicanos (40th anniversary)
- 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, Oil wells, Petroleum industry and trade, Petroleum industry and trade--Government ownership, Petróleos Mexicanos
Ephemera, Postage stamps

Mexican postage stamp commemorating Petróleos Mexicanos (20th anniversary)
- 1958
Mexican postage stamp issued to commemorate the 20th 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, Oil wells, Petroleum industry and trade, Petroleum industry and trade--Government ownership, Petróleos Mexicanos
Ephemera, Postage stamps

Mexican postage stamp celebrating the Congreso Mundial del Petróleo
- 1967
Mexican postage stamp celebrating the 7th World Petroleum Congress, which was held in Mexico City from April 2-9, 1967. The stamp features an illustrated depiction of an oil refinery.
- 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, World Petroleum Congress, Petroleum industry and trade
Ephemera, Postage stamps

Mexican postage stamp commemorating the Instituto Politécnico Nacional (40th anniversary)
- 1976
Mexican postage stamp issued to commemorate the 40th 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), Science--Study and teaching
Postage stamps, Ephemera

Mexican postage stamp commemorating the Instituto Politécnico Nacional (25th anniversary)
- 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
Ephemera, Postage stamps

Stamp honoring Andrés Manuel del Río (1764-1849)
- 1965-Feb-18 (Date of issue)
Mexican postage stamp commemorating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Spanish-Mexican scientist, engineer, and naturalist Andrés Manuel del Río (1764-1849) best known for his discovery of compounds of vanadium in…
- Creator Of Work Mexico. Dirección General de Talleres de Impresión de Estampillas y Valores
- Subject Postage stamps, Río, Andrés Manuel del, 1764-1849, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Vanadium, Scientists, Mexico
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Postage stamps, Business correspondence, Ephemera

Facsimile of a Pasteur letter, with French postage stamps commemorating Louis Pasteur
- 1973-Jun-10
Semipostal stamps commemorating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Louis Pasteur. Includes two postmarks depicting Pasteur, with Pasteur also featured on the first day of issue cancel. A semipostal stamp is a postage…
- Artist Gauthier, Jacques
- Subject Microbiologists, France, Chemists, Pasteur, Louis, 1822-1895, Semipostal stamps, Vaccination, Science on postage stamps, Postmarks, Commemorative postage stamps
Postage stamps, Ephemera

Postcard and French postage stamp commemorating Louis Jacques Thénard
- 1957
Depicts Louis Jacques Thénard, French chemist and the founder of the Charitable Society of the Friends of Science.
- Artist Gandon, Pierre
- Subject Postage stamps, Thénard, Louis Jacques, baron, 1777-1857, France, Postcards, Postmarks, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Chemists
Postage stamps

First Day Cover commemorating Justus Liebig University in Giessen, Germany
- 1957
Depicts Justus von Liebig, known for his work in agricultural and organic chemistry.
- Subject Postage stamps, Justus Liebig-Universität Giessen, Postmarks, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Germany, Cachets (Philately), Liebig, Justus, Freiherr von, 1803-1873, First day covers (Philately)
Postage stamps

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
Postage stamps

First Day Cover commemorating Niels Bohr and the 50th anniversary of Bohr's atom theory
- 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.
- Artist Viggo Bang
- Engraver Słania, Czesław
- Subject Atomic structure, Denmark, Bohr, Niels, 1885-1962, Postmarks, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Nobel Prize winners, Cachets (Philately), Physicists, Postage stamps, First day covers (Philately)
Postage stamps

Chadian postage stamp commemorating Alexander Fleming's Nobel Prize in Medicine
- Undated
Depicts Alexander Fleming, who won the Nobel Prize for the discovery of penicillin.
- Artist Vásárhelyi, Gyula László 1929-
- Subject Postage stamps, Biologists, Chad, Pharmacologists, Commemorative postage stamps, Medical botanists, Science on postage stamps, Nobel Prize winners, Fleming, Alexander, 1881-1955
Postage stamps, Ephemera

Postcard with French postal stamps commemorating the centenary of the birth of Marie Curie
- 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
Postage stamps

Envelope with postage stamps commemorating 1901 Nobel Prize laureates
- 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.
Postage stamps, Ephemera

Postcard and French postage stamp commemorating Louis Pasteur
- 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,…
- Artist Hourriez, Georges
- Contributor Edelfelt, Albert, 1854-1905
- Subject Microbiologists, France, Chemists, Pasteur, Louis, 1822-1895, Postmarks, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Postcards, Semipostal stamps, Edelfelt, Albert, 1854-1905
Postage stamps, Ephemera

Postcard and French postage stamp commemorating Isaac Newton
- 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
Postage stamps, Ephemera

Postcard and French postage stamp commemorating the 2nd centenary of the birth of Antoine Lavoisier
- Circa 1943
Depicts Antoine Lavoisier, the "creator of modern chemistry."
- Artist Pinx, David
- Subject Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent, 1743-1794, Postage stamps, France, Postcards, Postmarks, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps
Postage stamps

American postage stamps commemorating Joseph Priestley
- 1983
Depicts Joseph Priestley, often credited for the discovery of oxygen.
- Subject Postage stamps, Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps
Postage stamps

Czechoslovakian postage stamp of a chemist at work
- 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
Postage stamps

First Day Cover commemorating the 100th anniversary of the death of Louis Pasteur
- 1995-Sep-03
Cachet, stamp, and postmark depict Louis Pasteur.
- Artist Briat, Louis
- Subject Postage stamps, Microbiologists, France, Chemists, Pasteur, Louis, 1822-1895, Postmarks, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Cachets (Philately), First day covers (Philately)
Postage stamps

First Day Cover commemorating Louis Pasteur
- 1995-Jun-03
Cachet, stamp, and postmark depict Louis Pasteur.
- Artist Briat, Louis
- Subject Postage stamps, Microbiologists, France, Chemists, Pasteur, Louis, 1822-1895, Postmarks, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Cachets (Philately)

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