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First Day Cover commemorating Svante Arrhenius

  • 1959

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Cachet and stamp depict the Swedish chemist and physicist Svante Arrhenius.

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  • Arne Wallhorn
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  • Box 2

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Scientific Biography
Svante August Arrhenius

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Wallhorn, Arne. “First Day Cover Commemorating Svante Arrhenius.” Sweden, 1959. Witco Stamp Collection, Box 2. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/ms35t8638.

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