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Postage stamp from Saint Kitts and Nevis commemorating Marie Curie

  • 1975

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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.)

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  • Box 2

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“Postage Stamp from Saint Kitts and Nevis Commemorating Marie Curie.” Saint Kitts and Nevis, 1975. Witco Stamp Collection, Box 2. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/ws859f82q.

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