Postage stamps ephemera. Box 4A.
- Ephemera
About this work
Description
Box file containing postage stamps, first day covers and postmarks on medical subjects in acid free sleeves. Stamps are dated with Stanley Gibbons number (where possible). Countries are: Eire, El Salvador, Estonia, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands, Faroe Islands, Fiji, Finland. Includes: Red Cross, heart disease, hospitals, ambulances, health promotion, Paralympic games (1996), disabled people, Kristjan Palusalu, pulmonary tuberculosis, surgical operation, pharmacology, x-rays, nursing, infant care, cancer, blood donation, poliomyelitis, Down syndrome children, guide dogs for the blind, infant care, malaria prevention, nursing, panafrican rinderpest campaign (1992), International Planned Parenthood Federation, hospitals, contraception.
Physical description
1 box ; 34 x 33 cm.
Exhibitions note
Exhibited in "Hard Graft: Work, Health and Rights" at Wellcome Collection, 19 September 2024 – 27 April 2025 .
Languages
Subjects
- Red Cross
- Radiography
- Nursing
- Infant Care
- Neoplasmsprevention & control
- Blood Donors
- Malariaprevention & control
- Poliomyelitisprevention & control
- Heart Diseases
- Ambulances
- Down Syndrome
- Persons with Disabilities
- Persons with Visual Disabilities
- Tuberculosis, Pulmonaryprevention & control
- Contraception
- Vaccination
- Health Promotion
- Ireland
- El Salvador
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
- Falkland Islands
- Faroe Islands
- Fiji
- Finland
- Marie Curie
- Albert Einstein
- Henry Dunant
- Mother Teresa
- Niels Ryberg Finsen
- Alexander Fleming
- World Health Organization
- International Planned Parenthood Federation
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesEPH713ANote