University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
Category
Archival
Philately
Classification
Archival
Philately
Accession Number
1979.19.4
Description
First day of issue commemorative sheet with designed stamp shows image of Pasteur checkign laboratory equipment; colourful rectangular 13 cent US postage stamp affixed above the stamp of date of issue; multicolour inks; no watermark; perforation: comb 11; printing: photogravure; face value: 13 ¢ - …
First day of issue commemorative sheet with designed stamp shows image of Pasteur checkign laboratory equipment; colourful rectangular 13 cent US postage stamp affixed above the stamp of date of issue; multicolour inks; no watermark; perforation: comb 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.
“PASTEUR: THE CHEMIST WHO TRANSFORMED MEDICINE // Proof that microbes are reproduced from parent organisms, and do not result from // spontaneous generation, came from careful experiments in makeshift laboratories of // France's famed chemist and biologist, Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), at Ecole Normale, // Paris. Behind him are portraits of his father and mother, which he painted during his // youth. Mme. Pasteur waits patiently for him to complete an observation. From basic // work in these laboratories came proof of the germ theory of disease, which transformed // medical practice; vaccines for virulent diseases, including anthrax and rabies; // solution of many industrial biochemical problems; and founding of the Pasteur Institute.
"NEW YORK, NY // APR. // 6 // 1976 // 10001 // FIRST DAY OF ISSUE"
"CHEMISTRY // 13C USA"
stamped on back in black ink: “SEYMOUR M. KESSLER // 16 SLEEPY LANE // HICKSVILLE L. I., N. Y. 11801”