Postage Stamps Related to Medicine

STAMPS RELATED TO MEDICINE THANKS TO: Dr. Ben Berry for the donation of most of the “single” stamps Dr. Joanne Berkowitz for her research providing most of the information Many other volunteers involved in the conversion to a digital format

This will be updated as more stamps are added. We received a donation of over 1,000 commemorative medical stamps so this is a “long term” project.

We hope the information in this exhibit will be of interest to both the Medical Community and to those interested in the history of stamps.

Dr. Bob LaPerriere For any questions or comments please contact Dr. Bob LaPerriere, Curator, Sierra Sacramento Valley Medical Society Museum of Medical History, ssvmsmus@gmail..com

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For information on breast cancer, call the National Cancer Institute's Cancer Information Service I-800-4CANCER

The Breast Cancer Stamp was mandated by Congress in 1997 and signed into law by President Bill Clinton. It was originally issued in 1998, and reissued in 2014. It was the first semipostal issued by the U.S. Postal Service.

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COMMEMORATIVE INTERNATIONAL STAMPS

THESE COMMEMORATIVE INTERNATIONAL STAMPS were donated by Dr. Benjamin Berry from an original collection of Dr. Earl Blunden and later Dr. William Mahon

THANK YOU TO THE FOLOWING FOR THEIR HELP IN THIS SECTION JOANNE BERKOWITZ, MD for her research and notes on the stamps AND John Vallee, MD, Sam Mello, and our 2021 Student Interns Lana Ngo, Aashis Kumar and Esmerelda Corrales

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LIBERIA — Antoinettte Tubman Child Welfare Foundation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoinette_Tubman

Issued in 1958 to honor French physicians The doctors are Fernand Widal, Charles Nicolle , Phillipe Pinel and Rene Leriche.

Finland semi-postal issued in 1948 The additional amount went to the Finnish Red Cross.

Commemora-ng the 50th anniversary of the discovery by Gaspar OPliveiro Vianna (1885-1914) of a cure for Leishmaniasis.

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1957, honoring the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia.

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This set of airmail stamps was issued in 1961 to commemorate the 9th Congress of Physicians of Central America and Panama. The catalog does not specify why these particular doctors were honored. They are Scott C300-333 and catalog $1.80.

Celebra-ng reciprocal visits of Presidents Juan D. Peron and Carlos Ibanez del Campo, showing emblems of Chile and Argen-na and the Christ of the Andes Sco% 289 and C173, 21955

Centenary of the birth of Prof. Raimundo G. Menocal, a physician Sco% 561, 1956

Finland ScoU B18, 1935 a semi-postal part of a set showing Mathias Calonius, (January 7, 1738 – September 13, 1817) who was Finland's most renowned jurist.

Sco% B18, 1935 (The only connection to medicine is the red cross, as the added amount was used to raise funds for the Finnish version of the Red Cross. )

Celebra-ng the sesquicentennial of the Finish Board of Customs.

While it has the caduceus on it, it is not really a medical theme stamp otherwise.

Sco% 393, 1962

Celebra-ng the WHO drive to eradicate malaria.

It is a single set comprised of 2 regular postage stamps and two airmail stamps.

263-4 and C85-86, 1962,

Sierra Leone 1962 WHO Drive to eradicate malaria, ScoU 225-6 This is part of an Omnibus Series where mul-ple countries issue the same or similar design stamp to celebrate a joint effort.

Saudi Arabia 1962 WHO Drive to eradicate malaria ScoU 252-4

Mexico 1962 WHO Drive to eradicate malaria ScoU 920

Ajman These are not listed in catalogs as they likely never saw postal duty in the country for which they were issued.

They also have no rela-on to medicine at all.

I suggest removing them.

Ryukyu Islands 1962 WHO Drive to eradicate malaria ScoU 95 (L) ScoU 96 (R)

Italy 1923, 300th Anniversary of the Propaga-on of the Faith, Central vigneUe is Christ preaching the gospel, upper leb is Pope Gregory XV, upper right portrait differs (in ascending order St Theresa, St Dominic, St Francis of Assisi, St Francis Xavier.

Unless these Saints are meaningful to medicine, not sure how it fits in this exhibit.

Afghanistan 1951, celebra-ng the 20th anniversary of the na-onal Graduate School of Medicine ScoU 390-1

Afghanistan 1952, celebra-ng the 21st anniversary of the na-onal Graduate School of Medicine ScoU 403-4

Afghanistan 1950, 19th Anniversary of the founding of Afghanistan’s Faculty of medicine .

On sale and valid for use on December 22-28, 1950.

ScoU 367-8 The upper right stamp is not part of this set and is a Postal Tax Stamp from Afghanistan picturing Aliabad Hospital near Kabul, 1938 ScoU RA1 Obligatory on all mail December 22-28, 1938 to raise funds for the hospital.

The upper two are Afghanistan Semi-postal’s issued for Children’s Day, the surtax was for child welfare.

The boUom leb is the imperforate variety of the top right stamp ScoU B17-18 The lower right is a Postal Tax stamp issued in 1952 for child welfare and pictures Qandahari boys dancing the “aUan” ScoU RA14.

BoUom three are Cambodia 1959 issued to promote friendship among children of the world The top three are the same stamps surcharged to raise funds for the Red Cross, 1959

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Greece Postal Tax 1914, “The Tragedy of War”

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Japan 1959, Nurses carrying stretcher, Centenary of the Red Cross idea -ScoU 674

Finland 1948 Surtax for the Finnish Red Cross, picturing Zachris Topelius ScoU B87.

Greece 1959 Picturing the Good Samaritan Centenary of the Red Cross idea ScoU 663

Liechtenstein 1945, Semi-Postal “Protect the Child” ScoU B15

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Three separate issues celebra-ng the Red Cross Upper right, 50th Anniversary of the Founding of the American Red Cross, 1931

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Lower Le-, Celebra-ng Clara Barton, Founder of the American Red Cross, 1948

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Upper Le-, honoring the Interna-onal Red Cross, 1952, ScoU 1016