Science On Stamps

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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.

Start Over Department Archives ✖ Subject Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955 ✖ Subject Science on postage stamps ✖ Subject Commemorative postage stamps ✖

Postage stamps

Postage stamp from Guinea-Bissau commemorating the 75th anniversary of Albert Einstein's Nobel Prize
- 1996
Depicts a drawing of Albert Einstein, along with a Nobel Prize medal and an atom.
- Subject Postage stamps, Guinea-Bissau, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955, Nobel Prize winners, Physicists
Postage stamps

Soviet postage stamp commemorating Albert Einstein
- 1979
Depicts Albert Einstein and his formula for mass-energy equivalence.
- Artist Piotr Emilyevich Bendel
- Subject Postage stamps, Special relativity (Physics), Soviet Union, Science on postage stamps, Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955, Nobel Prize winners, Physicists, Commemorative postage stamps
Postage stamps

Postage stamp from Togo commemorating the 100th birthday of Albert Einstein
- 1979
Stamp depicts Albert Einstein playing a violin.
- Subject Postage stamps, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955, Nobel Prize winners, Physicists
Postage stamps

Postage stamp from Togo commemorating the 100th birthday of Albert Einstein
- 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…
- Subject Postage stamps, Togo, Special relativity (Physics), Commemorative postage stamps, Einstein Tower, Science on postage stamps, Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955, Nobel Prize winners
Postage stamps

Postage stamp from San Marino commemorating the 100th birthday of Albert Einstein
- 1979
Stamp depicts a portrait of Albert Einstein.
- Printer Hélio Courvoisier S.A
- Subject San Marino, Postage stamps, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955, Nobel Prize winners, Physicists
Postage stamps

Postage stamps on a souvenir sheet from Togo commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Albert Einstein
- 1979
Depicts Albert Einstein and the formula for special relativity.
- Subject Postage stamps, Togo, Special relativity (Physics), Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955, Nobel Prize winners, Physicists
Postage stamps

Postage stamp from Togo commemorating the 100th birthday of Albert Einstein
- 1979
Stamp depicts Albert Einstein and J. R. MacDonald seated at a table in Berlin, Germany in 1931.
- Subject Postage stamps, Macdonald, J. R., Togo, Germany--Berlin, Science on postage stamps, Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955, Nobel Prize winners, Physicists, Commemorative postage stamps
Postage stamps

Chadian postage stamp commemorating Albert Einstein
- 1976
Depicts Albert Einstein and a futuristic American spaceship.
- Artist Vásárhelyi, Gyula László 1929-
- Subject Postage stamps, Chad, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955, Nobel Prize winners, Physicists
Postage stamps

First Day Cover commemorating Albert Einstein
- 1966
Cachet and stamp depict Albert Einstein. Cachet also depicts Einstein's formula for mass-energy equivalence and is from the Prominent Americans Series. The postmark is from Princeton, New Jersey.
- Creator Of Work ArtCraft
- Subject Postage stamps, Special relativity (Physics), Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955, Nobel Prize winners, Cachets (Philately), Physicists, First day covers (Philately)
Postage stamps

Paraguayan postage stamp commemorating Albert Einstein
- 1965
Depicts Albert Einstein with his formula for special relativity, along with a rocket. Stamp was part of a series that also included Newton, Copernicus, and Galileo.
- Artist Mosdossy, Imre von, 1904-1995
- Creator Of Work Thomas De La Rue & Company
- Subject Postage stamps, Mosdossy, Imre von, 1904-1995, Paraguay, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955, Thomas De La Rue & Company, Nobel Prize winners, Physicists
Postage stamps

First Day Cover commemorating Albert Einstein
- 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…
- Artist Hamori, George
- Subject Postage stamps, Special relativity (Physics), Postmarks, Commemorative postage stamps, Israel, Science on postage stamps, Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955, Nobel Prize winners, Cachets (Philately), Physicists, First day covers (Philately)
Postage stamps

Ghanaian postage stamp commemorating Albert Einstein
- Undated
UNESCO stamp depicting Albert Einstein and his formula for mass-energy equivalence.
- Subject Postage stamps, Ghana, Unesco, Special relativity (Physics), Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955, Nobel Prize winners, Physicists

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