Used paper postage stamp from Norway with a likeness of G. H. Armauer Hansen looking into a microscope and a section of a cell; cobalt, dark orange red ink: designers: Knut Løkke-Sørensen; perforation: Harrow 13 x 13 1/4; printing: recess; paper: Borregaard (Bo2) Phos.; face value: 1 kr - Norwegia…
Used paper postage stamp from Norway with a likeness of G. H. Armauer Hansen looking into a microscope and a section of a cell; cobalt, dark orange red ink: designers: Knut Løkke-Sørensen; perforation: Harrow 13 x 13 1/4; printing: recess; paper: Borregaard (Bo2) Phos.; face value: 1 kr - Norwegian krone.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Purchased by Dr. Chiong for his patent medicine collection, before July 15, 1995.
"G. H. ARMAUER HANSEN // LEPRABASILLENS // OPPDAGER 1873 // NORGE 100 // K - LOKKES 1973"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
2005-2-2 Box #8
Dimension Notes
Length: 3.1 cm. x Width: 2.4 cm.
Condition Remarks
Mild age/sun discolouration; postmarked
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
https://colnect.com/en/stamps
Reference Comments
1988 Encyclopedia America; Wikipedia
Research Facts
Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen (Norwegian pronunciation: ['gæ^rh r'mæ` r 'h ^nsn ]; 29 July 1841 – 12 February 1912) was a Norwegian physician, remembered for his identification of the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae in 1873 as the causative agent of leprosy His distinguished work was recognized at the International Leprosy Congress held at Bergen in 1909.
Hansen discovered the leprosy bacteria (called Hansen's disease initially); Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen was Norwegian physician who discovered, in 1874, the leprosy bacillus