Stamp issued by Great Britain commemorating scanning electron microscopy, showing a person having his/her arm swabbed and a cell, with Queen Elizabeth II's bust in upper right corner; multicolour ink; designer: Halpin Grey Vermeir; perforation: comb 14 x 14 1/2; printing: Photogravure; paper: Phosp…
Stamp issued by Great Britain commemorating scanning electron microscopy, showing a person having his/her arm swabbed and a cell, with Queen Elizabeth II's bust in upper right corner; multicolour ink; designer: Halpin Grey Vermeir; perforation: comb 14 x 14 1/2; printing: Photogravure; paper: Phosphor paper; face value: 30 p - British penny.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Purchased by Dr. Chiong for his patent medicine collection, before July 15, 1995.
"EUROPA // 1994c // 30 // SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
2005-2-2 Box #8
Dimension Notes
Length: 2.0 cm. x Width: 4.1 cm.
Condition Remarks
No marks or tears
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
Reference Comments
1989 Webster's Dictionary
Research Facts
Electron microscope has verky high magnification and resolving power using a beam of electrons focused by electron lens and forms an enlarged image on a fluorescent screen / photographic plate; used to examine structure of bacteria, viruses, etc.