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.

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Postage stamps

Postage stamp commemorating the 5th Biennial Symposium of the Iranian Biochemical Society
- 1975
Stamp depicts a generic formula for an amino acid where R stands for "radical." In organic chemistry, this nomenclature represents the possibility of any one of a series of aliphatic groups, like methyl, ethyl, propyl,…
- Subject Postage stamps, Iran, Iranian Biochemical Society, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Science--Societies, etc.
Postage stamps

Postage stamp from Dubai commemorating Avicenna (Ibn Sina)
- 1971
Postage stamp from Dubai, featuring a depiction of Persian polymath Avicenna (circa 980 - 1037), also known as Ibn Sina, Abu Ali Sina, and Pur Sina. Avicenna is regarded as one of the most significant physicians,…
- Subject Postage stamps, Muslim scholars, Medicine, Persian, Mathematicians, Alchemists, Commemorative postage stamps, Avicenna, 980-1037, United Arab Emirates--Dubai, Philosophers, Science on postage stamps, Physicians

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Postage stamp commemorating the 5th Biennial Symposium of the Iranian Biochemical Society

Postage stamp from Dubai commemorating Avicenna (Ibn Sina)