Used paper stamp from Sweden showing four men who won the Nobel Prize in 1901; dark yellow green 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); desiā¦
Used paper stamp from Sweden showing four men who won the Nobel Prize in 1901; dark yellow green 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); designers: Arne Wallhorn (E)
Stig Åsberg; perforation: 12 3/4 vertical; face value of 40 Swedish öre.
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 HOFF // SVERIGE 40 // STIF ÅSBERG del ARNE WALLHORN SC"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
2005-2-2 Box #8
Dimension Notes
Length: 3.2 cm. x Width: 2.4 cm.
Condition Remarks
Mild age/sun discolouration; blue stain top edge; slightly creased and small adhesive stain (from hinge)
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
https://colnect.com/en/stamps
Reference Comments
Wikipedia
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.