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Atoms for Peace First Day Issue

  • 1955-Jul-28

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Philatelic First Day Cover with cachet titled, "Atoms for Peace." The cachet includes two photographic images, one portrait of Albert Einstein (1879-1955) and the other of an unknown scientist administering cancer therapy to a patient at the Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, New York. The envelope's stamp depicts two Earths representing nuclei of the atomic shell model. The stamp's border includes the quote, "To find the way by which the inventiveness of man shall be consecrated to his life."

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  • 9 cm H x 16.5 cm W
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  • Courtesy of Science History Institute

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  • Box 4

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ArtCraft. “Atoms for Peace First Day Issue.” Washington (D.C.), July 28, 1955. Witco Stamp Collection, Box 4. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/c7jixao.

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