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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 Language English ✖ Subject Commemorative postage stamps ✖

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Postage stamps, Ephemera

First Day Cover honoring George Washington Carver
- 1948-Jan-05
Philatelic First Day Cover honoring American agricultural scientist and inventor George Washington Carver (1864?-1943). The envelope features an illustrated rendering of Carver and the George Washington Carver Museum in…
- Artist Staehle, L.W.
- Creator Of Work Cachet Craft
- Subject Postage stamps, African American scientists, Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943, Postmarks, Commemorative postage stamps, African Americans, Science on postage stamps, Cachets (Philately), First day covers (Philately)
Postage stamps, Ephemera

First Day Cover honoring George Washington Carver
- 1948-Jan-05
Philatelic First Day Cover honoring American agricultural scientist and inventor George Washington Carver (1864?-1943). The envelope features an illustrated rendering of Carver and the Tuskegee Institute, as well as a…
- Artist Boll, Ken
- Creator Of Work Cachet Craft
- Subject Postage stamps, African American scientists, Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943, Postmarks, Commemorative postage stamps, African Americans, Science on postage stamps, Cachets (Philately), First day covers (Philately)
Postage stamps

First Day Cover commemorating chemistry
- 1976
Colorano cachet includes a silk depiction of two alchemists in a laboratory. Stamp depicts chemical glassware and fluids.
- Creator Of Work Colorano
- Subject Postage stamps, Chemistry, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Alchemists, Postmarks, Commemorative postage stamps, American Chemical Society, Science on postage stamps, Cachets (Philately), First day covers (Philately)
Postage stamps

Filipino postage stamp commemorating the Philippine Islands (Colonial Era)
- Before 1946
Depicts the Salinas Salt Springs in the Philippines.
- Subject Salt springs, Postage stamps, Commemorative postage stamps, Philippines, Science on postage stamps
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

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

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

Postage stamp from Saint Kitts and Nevis commemorating Marie Curie
- 1975
Stamp issued during International Women's Year (1975), depicting Marie Curie, "discoverer of radium," by the former British colony Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla (now called the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis.)
- Subject Women in science, Curie, Marie, 1867-1934, Women physicists, Women scientists, Chemists, Women physical scientists, International Women's Year (1975), Commemorative postage stamps, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Women chemists, Science on postage stamps, Nobel Prize winners, Women in chemistry, Physicists, Postage stamps, Anguilla, Women Nobel Prize winners
Postage stamps

First Day Cover commemorating airmail and Israeli exports
- 1968
Stamp depicts Boeing 707, chemical apparatus, and heavy oxygen isotopes.
- Subject Postage stamps, Isotopes, Aeronautics, Commercial, Oxygen--Isotopes, Postmarks, Commemorative postage stamps, Israel, Science on postage stamps, Exports, First day covers (Philately), Cachets (Philately)
Postage stamps

First Day Cover commemorating Japan's use of the metric system
- 1959-Jun-05
Stamp depicts measuring instruments.
- Subject Postage stamps, Japan, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Metric system, Cachets (Philately), First day covers (Philately), Postmarks
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

Mounted French postage and semipostal stamps depicting Louis Pasteur
- 1922 – 1936
Nine small postage stamps in various denominations issued in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Louis Pasteur in 1922. The large semipostal stamp was issued in 1936 and includes a surtax for the…
- Artist Hourriez, Georges
- Subject Postage stamps, Microbiologists, France, Chemists, Pasteur, Louis, 1822-1895, Semipostal stamps, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps
Postage stamps

First Day Cover commemorating the 9th World Petroleum Conference, Tokyo
- 1975
Cachet, stamp, and postmark depict oil derricks.
- Subject Postage stamps, Japan, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Oil well drilling rigs, Congresses and conventions, Cachets (Philately), World Petroleum Congress, Postmarks
Postage stamps

First Day Cover commemorating the 1st Arab Petroleum Conference, United Arab Republic
- 1959-Apr-16
Cachet and stamp depict oil pipeline and drilling derricks.
- Manufacturer Thomas De La Rue & Company
- Subject Petroleum industry and trade, Postage stamps, Egypt, United Arab Republic, Postmarks, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Congresses and conventions, Cachets (Philately), First day covers (Philately), Petroleum engineering, League of Arab States, Arab Petroleum Congress
Postage stamps

Postage stamp commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Iraqi cement industry
- 1974
Depicts cement factory as well as high-rise buildings.
- Subject Postage stamps, Cement industries, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Cement plants, Iraq
Postage stamps

Belizean postage stamp commemorating the United States Bicentennial
- 1976
Depicts William Wrigley Jr., as well as a worker tapping a sapodilla tree, which was used to manufacture bubble gum. Includes the bicentennial logo of the American Revolution.
- Subject Postage stamps, Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, Bubble gum, Wrigley, William, 1861-1932, American Revolution Bicentennial (1976), Science on postage stamps, Sapodilla, Commemorative postage stamps, Chicle industry
Postage stamps

Postage stamp commemorating Thai rubber industry
- Undated
Stamp depicts tapped rubber trees.
- Subject Postage stamps, Rubber industry and trade, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Thailand
Postage stamps

Pakistani postage stamp commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Colombo Plan
- 1971
Stamp depicts the maple leaf cement factory in Daud Khel, Pakistan. The Colombo Plan for Cooperative Economic and Social Development in Asia and the Pacific is a regional inter-governmental organization. It was…
- Printer Pakistan Security Printing Corporation LTD.
- Subject Postage stamps, Cement industries, Colombo Plan, Commemorative postage stamps, Pakistan, Cement plants, Science on postage stamps
Postage stamps

Postage stamp commemorating the sugar industry of Trinidad and Tobago
- 1969
Stamp depicts a sugar refinery along with a profile of Queen Elizabeth II in gold.
- Subject Sugar, Sugarcane industry, Trinidad and Tobago, Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-, Commemorative postage stamps, Sugar--Manufacture and refining, Science on postage stamps, Postage stamps
Postage stamps

First Day Cover commemorating the XV Colloquium Spectroscopicum Internationale
- 1969
Cachet depicts a light beam passing through a prism to create a spectrum. Stamp depicts colors of the spectrum. The 15th Colloquium Spectroscopicum Internationale was held May 26-30, 1969 in Madrid, Spain.
- Creator Of Work S.F.C., Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre (Spain)
- Subject Postage stamps, Spain, Postmarks, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Congresses and conventions, Cachets (Philately), Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre (Spain), First day covers (Philately)
Postage stamps

American postage stamps commemorating the centennial of the silver rush (Comstock Lode)
- Circa 1959
Depicts three 19th-century silver miners.
- Subject Silver mines and mining, Silver miners, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Postage stamps, Nevada--Comstock Lode
Postage stamps

Iraqi postage stamp commemorating the 6th Annual Arab Petroleum Congress, Baghdad
- 1967
Depicts oil derrick, pipeline, and emblem of the 6th Annual Arab Petroleum Congress held in Baghdad, Iraq in March 1967.
- Manufacturer Thomas De La Rue & Company
- Subject Postage stamps, Petroleum--Congresses, Commemorative postage stamps, Iraq--Baghdad, Science on postage stamps, Thomas De La Rue & Company, Congresses and conventions, Arab Petroleum Congress, Iraq
Postage stamps

First Day Cover commemorating United Nations Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
- 1972
Cachet created by ArtCraft includes depictions of an Atomic Research Center. Stamp depicts a mushroom cloud from a nuclear explosion crossed out with an "x".
- Creator Of Work ArtCraft
- Subject Postage stamps, Postmarks, Commemorative postage stamps, United Nations, Treaties, Science on postage stamps, Nuclear nonproliferation, Nuclear energy--Research--Laboratories, Cachets (Philately), First day covers (Philately), Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (1968 June 12)
Postage stamps

First Day Cover commemorating the inauguration of the atomic reactor at National Tsing Hua University
- 1961
Tsinghua University is a research university located in Beijing, China, established in 1911. The stamp and postmark depict the atomic reactor at the University.
Postage stamps

First Day Cover commemorating United Nations efforts for the cessation of nuclear testing and preservation of humanity
- 1964
Cachet and stamp depict a mushroom cloud from a nuclear weapons test. Cachet was created by Fleetwood and the stamp was commissioned by the United Nations Postal Administration. Postmark depicts the United Nations…
- Creator Of Work Fleetwood
- Subject Postage stamps, Nuclear weapons--Testing, Postmarks, Commemorative postage stamps, United Nations, Science on postage stamps, Nuclear nonproliferation, Cachets (Philately), First day covers (Philately)

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