Nobel Prize Winners – Stamp Digest

Stamps on Rontgen – Czech Republic 1995.

Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen (1845-1923), a German Mechanical Engineer and Physicist was born on 27 Mar 1845 in Prussia German Confederation.

On 08 Nov 1895 detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range known as X-rays or Rontgen rays.
In 1901 he was awarded the First Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery
In 2004 element no 111 was named roentgenium a radioactive element.
08 Nov every is celebrated as World radiology Day.
The international unit for radiation is called roentgen.

The Czech Republic issued a stamp on 11 Oct 1995 to commemorate his 150th Birth Anniversary. The stamp features his portrait and X-ray tube. The FDC features an X-ray.

CESKA ROENTGEN — CZECH REPUBLIC 1995- RONTGEN

Stamps on Einstein– USSR 1979.

USSR issued a stamp on the 100th Birth Anniversary of Albert Einstein (1879-1955) on 16 Mar 1979.

RUSSIA EINSTEIN — USSR 1979- ALBERT EINSTEIN

Stamps on Werner Forbmann– Germany – 2006.

Germany has issued stamp on Werner Forbmann on 09 Nov 2006. Werner Forssmann (1904-1979) was a German Physician who shared the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1956 for developing a procedure on cardiac catheterization. He put himself under anaesthesia and inserted a catheter into his vein.

First Day Covers cancelled at Berlin is listed. The cancellation shows a Heart.

GERMANY WERNER — GERMANY 2006 – WERNER FORSSMANN -NOBEL PRIZE MEDICINE.

Europa Stamps -France-1994

The theme for 1991 EUROPA stamps was Discoveries. France issued two stamps on this theme. 49 Countries participated in the stamp issue programme and issued 85 stamps. New countries to issue stamps on EUROPA theme were Aland, Greenland, Estonia and Latvia.

2.80 Fr – Discovery of AIDS Virus. Nobel Prize awarded to Dr Luc Montagnier at Pasteur Institute Paris for the discovery of AIDS virus.

3.70 Fr – Discovery of De Broglie Wave (1924). The theory about subatomic particles having wave properties was given by Louis De Broglie in 1924. De Broglie (1892-1987) was a French physicist best known for wave theory and quantum theory. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1929.

FRANCE EUROPA 1994 DISCOVERIES — FRANCE 1994 -EUROPA-DISCOVERIES-AIDS VIRUS & DE BROGLIE WAVE.

Aerogramme India – Mother(Saint)Teresa – 2009

Date of Issue – 01 Mar 2009

Printing Press -Indian Security Press Nashik

Denomination – Rupees 15.00

Stamp Design – Mother Teresa

Theme – Saint, Charity, Personality, Nobel Peace Prize Winner

Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu is known as MotherTeresa and honoured in Roman Catholic Church as Saint Teresa of Calcutta. She was an Albanian Indian Catholic nun who founded the Missionaries of Charity. She came to India in 1929 and spent the rest of life in India looking after the poor and destitute. She was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Peace award in 1962 and Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. She was canonised on 04 Sep 2016.

INDIA AERO MOTHER TERESA — INDIA AEROGRAMME 2009 – MOTHER TERESA

Journey through 20th Century – Souvenir Sheet Belgium 1999.

Belgium issued a souvenir sheet containing 20 stamps of 17 Fr or 0.42 euro each on important people and events in the journey through 20th Century. The sheet was issued on 04 Dec 1999. The stamps feature

Pope John XXIII King Baudouin Willy Brandt John F Kennedy

Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) Martin Luther King (1929-1968) Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924) Che Guevara Golda Meir Nelson Mandela

Olympics Football Eddy Merckx Chanson

Beatles Charlie Chaplin Tourism -Beaches Musical Instruments, Music, Scouting

Herge, Cartoons Philately

BELGIUM MS MILLENIUM — BELGIUM SOUVENIR SHEET 1999- THROUGH 20TH CENTURY

Move for Health Walk -Stamp of Bhutan 2003.

Bhutan issued a 50 Nu stamp on Move for health walk on 19 May 2003.

BHUTAN EINSTEIN — BHUTAN 2003- MOVE FOR HEALTH WALK

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