Monday, November 14, 2011

Sweden Marie Curie Year Of Chemistry Glittering Stamps


For the third time Marie Curie will be portrayed on the Sweden Postage Stamp . Sweden Post in a joint issue with Poland will release a stamp on Marie Curie to Mark “International Year Of Chemistry 2011” . The Stamps are designed by Marzanna Da˛browska

International Year Of Chemistry 2011 is being celebrated throughout the world to celebrate the 100th year of Nobel Prize being awarded to Marie Curie .



Marie Curie Stamp From Sweden Sweden Post Stamp Portray  Nobel Prize And Radium

The Marie Curie Stamp for the first time portrays fluorescence effect as the stamp has been printed using special fluorescent coloring .The radium on the Sweden stamp will glow when the stamp is exposed to UV Light

Marie Curie is well known for her research in radioactivity, a term she was coined by herself . Marie Curie’s discovery of Radium , as well as her successful isolation of the element radium , revolutionized modern medicine and formed the basis for radiation therapy .

The Nobel prize in chemistry that she received in 1911 was Marie Curie’s second Nobel Prize. Marie Curie received her 1st Nobel Prize in 1903 in physics with her husband, Pierre Curie, and Henri
Becquerel.

A Stamp with pictures of Pierre Curie, Marie Curie and Henry Becquerel  was released by Sweden in 1963 , and Marie Curie was depicted on  Swedish Post stamp of 1971 .

 


First Day Cover For The Stamp On Marie Curie Released By Sweden Post

First Day Postmark From Sweden First Day Postmark From Poland
 

Marie Curie Miniature Stamp Sheet



An Award Winning Documentary On Marie Curie

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