Inventors On Stamps

Ivan Petrovich Kulibin (1735-1818) was a Russian mechanic and the inventor of, among other things, complex clock mechanisms, a powerful lantern, a push-cycle cart, a prosthetic device for the legs, an elevator, and an optical telegraph. Here is an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of Ivan Kulibin, designed by R. Zubova after an oil painting, printed by lithography, and issued by Russia (USSR) on May 12, 1956 to commemorate the 220th anniversary of the inventor's birth, Scott No. 1804, Zagorski No. 1794, plus an image of the original portrait of Kulibin working at his desk in 1818.

- nethryk

Happy Birthday to Louis Braille (1809-1852), the inventor of braille, a system of reading and writing used by people who are blind or visually impaired. Here is an image of a stamp featuring a profile portrait of Louis Braille and some embossed paper, printed by lithography, and issued by Peru on March 2, 1976 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the braille system, Scott No. 630.

- nethryk

Fountain pen and mechanical pencil.



Petrache Poenaru (1799-1875) was a Romanian inventor. On 25.5.1827 he got patent for world`s first fountain pen.
Eduard Penkala (1871-1919) Croatian inventor invented and patented about 80 chemistry, mechanical and aviation devices. In 1906 he patented a mechanical pencil in Budapest and started its production in Zagreb, shortly after.

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Happy Birthday to American inventor and businessman Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931)! Here is an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of Edison, designed by American artist William A. Roach (1888-1969), engraved by Carl T. Arlt, Charles A. Brooks, and James T. Vail (vignette), and James T. Vail and John S. Edmondson (lettering), and issued by the USA on February 11, 1947 to commemorate the inventor's birth centenary, Scott No. 945, plus a cropped image of a photo of Thomas A. Edison, c 1922.

- nethryk

Happy Birthday to American inventor and businessman Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884). McCormick is credited as the inventor of the mechanical reaper as he was first granted a patent for it in 1834. Here in an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of McCormick, designed by American artist William A. Roach (1888-1969), engraved by Charles A. Brooks, James T. Vail, and John Eissler (vignette), and James T. Vail (lettering), and issued by the USA on October 14, 1940 as one of the Famous Americans Series, Scott No. 891, plus an image of another portrait of Cyrus McCormick.

- nethryk

There are a few beautiful Madam Marie Curi engraved stamps from France,Poland,and Sweden

-IBFS

Nethryk: thanks for evoking memories of the reaper/binder. When I look back at my time spent stooking sheaves behind a binder it seems almost ethereal now.

Mihajlo Pupin (1858-1935)



Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin a Serbian and American physicist and physical chemist is know for his numerous patents,
including a means of greatly extending the range of long-distance telephone communication by placing loading coils (of wire)
at predetermined intervals along the transmitting wire (known as "pupinization").
Pupin was a founding member of National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) on 1915, which later became NASA.

Otto Wichterle, Inventor of Contact Lenses (1913#8211;1998)



Czech inventor became famous mainly due to silon and soft contact lenses.
He studied chemical technology engineering at the Czech Technical University in Prague.
He continued his studies at the school of medicine, which offered him the possibility to join a new discipline, biochemistry.

cynical - You're welcome! That sounds like pretty hard work.

John Robert Gregg (1867-1948) was an Irish-born educator, publisher, humanitarian, and the inventor of the eponymous shorthand system Gregg Shorthand. In 1893, Gregg emigrated to the USA, where his system achieved great success in the business world. Here is an image of an engraved airmail stamp featuring a portrait of Gregg, and issued by Cuba on October 1, 1957 to commemorate the 90th anniversary of his birth, Scott No. C166, plus an undated photo of the inventor. Quiz time: Can anyone decipher the Gregg Shorthand inscription on this stamp?

- nethryk

Ignacy £ukasiewicz (1822-1882)



A Polish pharmacist and petroleum industry pioneer built in 1856 the first oil refinery in the world.
He invented method of distilling kerosene from seep oil and the paraffin lamp.
It is called a kerosene lamp in the United States.

Portrait of Louis Braille (1809-1852), engraved by Maria Adelma Cabrera, and issued by Argentina on May 22, 1976 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Braille's invention of his system of writing for the blind, Scott No. 1132, plus a photo of a memorial bust of Louis Braille located in Buenos Aires.

- nethryk

Pressure cooker



Denis Papin (1647-1712) a French-born British physicist invented the pressure cooker and suggested the first cylinder and piston steam engine.