Postage stamps ephemera. Box 6A, Great Britain 1.
- Ephemera
About this work
Description
Box file containing items of ephemera in acid free sleeves: stamps, presentation packs, first day covers and postmarks for Great Britain on medical and health related themes. Includes: 1912 stamp with additional medicine duty overprinted, Red Cross centenary congress (1963), Joseph Lister and the centenary of antiseptic surgery (1965) including a Royal infirmary of Edinburgh cover, British discoveries (1967, radar, penicillin, television, jet engine), British flora (1967), Florence Nightingale 1820-1910 (9d stamp), David Livingstone 1813-1873 (1973), Health & handicap charities (1975), decoding DNA / M. Curtis (1999), Darwin's theory (1999).
Physical description
1 box ; 34 x 33 cm.
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Subjects
- ChemistryHistory
- ScientistsHistory
- Red Crosshistory
- Antisepsishistory
- Penicillins
- Disabled Persons
- Great Britain
- Dunant, Henry, 1828-1910.
- Lister, Joseph, Baron, 1827-1912.
- Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910.
- Stopes, Marie Carmichael, 1880-1958.
- Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett, 1836-1917.
- Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.
- Great Britain. National Health Service
- St. John Ambulance (England)
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesEPH715A