Chemistry on stamps

[1] Another early chemical stamp depicted the botanist and chemist Herman Boerhaave.

[2] The depiction of chemistry on stamps contributes to chemical education[3][4] and to the public understanding of science.

Some countries have also issued stamps depicting internationally famous chemists such as Marie Curie[17][18] or Alfred Nobel.

The chemists Edgar Heilbronner and Foil Miller published the book A philatelic ramble through chemistry in 1998 (reissued in 2004)[19] which was well reviewed.

[31] The Chemistry and Physics on Stamps Study Unit (CPOSSU) of the American Topical Association has published a members' journal Philatelia Chimica et Physica since 1979.