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First Day Cover commemorating chemistry

  • 1976

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Colorano cachet includes a silk depiction of two alchemists in a laboratory. Stamp depicts chemical glassware and fluids.

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  • Courtesy of Science History Institute

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  • Box 6

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Colorano. “First Day Cover Commemorating Chemistry.” United States, 1976. Witco Stamp Collection, Box 6. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/4j03cz89r.

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