Used paper stamp from Sweden showing four men who won the Nobel Prize in 1901; orangey red ink with profiles of bearded men with their surnames listed: Wilhelm Röntgen (physics), Sully Prudhomme (literature), Emil Adolf von Behring (medicine) and Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (chemistry); with a fac…
Used paper stamp from Sweden showing four men who won the Nobel Prize in 1901; orangey red ink with profiles of bearded men with their surnames listed: Wilhelm Röntgen (physics), Sully Prudhomme (literature), Emil Adolf von Behring (medicine) and Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (chemistry); with a face value of 20.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Purchased by Dr. Chiong for his patent medicine collection, before July 15, 1995
"NOBELPRIS 1901 // RÖNTGEN // PRUDHOMME // VON BEHRING // VANT HOEF // SVERIGE 20 // STIG ÅSBERG del ARNEWALLHORN SC"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
2005-2-2 Box #8
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
Length: 3.1 cm. x Width: 2.4 cm.
Condition Remarks
Some age/sun discolouration; partial postmark in right half; back: remains of stamp "holder"
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
https://colnect.com/en/stamps
Reference Comments
1989 Webster's Dictionary
Research Facts
Wilhelm Konrad Roentgen (1845-1923), a German, discovered X-rays and was awarded the 1901 Nobel Prize for Physics; Rene Francois Armand Prudhomme, was a French poet who won the Nobel Prize in 1901 for literature (1839-1865); first poems "Stances et poemes"; Emil von Behring (1854-1917), a German bacteriologist, discovered and was the first to use antitoxins against diphtheria and tetanus; won the 1901 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine; Jacobus Henrichus van't Hoff (1852-1911), a Dutch chemist, won the 1901 Nobel Prize for the discovery of the laws of chemical dynamics and osmotic pressure.