University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
Category
Archival
Philately
Classification
Archival
Philately
Accession Number
1979.19.2
Description
First day of issue commemorative sheet with designed stamp shows image military physician's in a patient ward checking a thermometer while patient is in bed with hanging netting surrounding the bed; colourful rectangular 13 cent US postage stamp affixed above the stamp of date of issue; printed on …
First day of issue commemorative sheet with designed stamp shows image military physician's in a patient ward checking a thermometer while patient is in bed with hanging netting surrounding the bed; colourful rectangular 13 cent US postage stamp affixed above the stamp of date of issue; printed on shiny cream paper; multicolour inks; no watermark; perforation line 11; printing: photogravure; face value: 13 ¢ - United States cent.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: Estate of Lady Banting via Miss Cecilia Long.
"THE CONQUEST OF YELLOW FEVER // Methods for preventing yellow fever developed from investigations which proved mosquitoes to be carriers of the virus, conducted in 1900 at // Camp Lazear, Cuba, by a United States Army Commission led by Dr. Walter Reed (1851 - 1902), cooperating with Cuba's Dr. Carlos J. Finlay.
" BELLEVILLE, NJ // AUG // 18 // 1976 // 07109 // FIRST DAY OF ISSUE"
"USA 13C // CLARA MAASS // She gave her life"
stamped on back in black ink: “SEYMOUR M. KESSLER // 16 SLEEPY LANE // HICKSVILLE, L. I., N. Y. 11801”