Inventors On Stamps

Happy Birthday to Samuel Finley Breese Morse (1791-1872), an American portrait painter who in his middle age contributed to the invention of a single-wire telegraph system based on European telegraphs, was a co-developer of the Morse code, and helped to develop the commercial use of telegraphy. Here is an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of Samuel Morse and a depiction of a printing electrical telegraph receiver, with transmitter key, designed and engraved by Jean Pheulpin, and issued by Monaco on May 17, 1965 to commemorate the centenary of the International Telecommunication Union, Scott No. 611, plus a photo of a similar telegraph device.

- nethryk

Nice set of 4 Polish inventors from 2011

Jan Jozef Baranowski - 1805-1888
Amongst other things designed an accounting machine, a gas meter & a portable copy machine


Jan Szczepanik - 1872-1926
Held over 100 patents & made over 50 discoveries many still used in the motion picture industry, photography & television.


Michal Sedziwoj - 1566-1636
Discovered that air is not a single substance & includes a life-giving substance - oxygen.



Rudolf Stefan Weigl - 1883-1957
Inventor of the first effective vaccine against typhus

How about Rowland Hill, generally recognised as the inventor
of the postage stamp as we know it

Scott 2351. 1979. Death Cent. of Sir Rowland Hill, illustrating Poland #1

100th year of Discovering the Electromagnetism - 1870



Danish physicist and chemist Hans Christian Orsted (1777-1851) discovered that electric current in a wire can deflect a magnetized compass needle,
a phenomenon the importance of which was rapidly recognized and which inspired the development of electromagnetic theory.

Johann Georg Bodmer (1786-1864) was a prolific Swiss inventor who made contributions to areas ranging from weaponry to steam engines, textile manufacture (machinery for wool spinning), and railroad construction. Here is an image of a semi-postal (charity) stamp featuring a portrait of Bodmer, designed and engraved by Karl Bickel (1886-1982), and issued by Switzerland on June 1, 1964 to commemorate the centenary of the inventor's death, Scott No. B334, plus an image of an engraved portrait of J. Georg Bodmer, c. 1850's, by English engraver Samuel Bellin (1799-1893) which may have been the model for this stamp's design.

- nethryk

Valdemar Poulsen (1869-1942)



Danish inventor Valdemar Poulsen developed in 1903 the first device for generating continuous radio waves,
thus aiding the development of radio broadcasting.

On this day in history, The Voting machine was patented by Thomas Edison.






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Antoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax (1814-1894) was a Belgian musical instrument designer and musician who is best known for having invented the saxophone. Here is an image of a stamp depicting a tenor saxophone and a small portrait of Sax, printed by photogravure, and issued by Belgium on September 15, 1973, plus a photo of Adolphe Sax.

- nethryk

That's neat! ...I wonder if Donald Trump invented the Trumpet...



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In 1927, George Washington Carver (1864-1943) received a patent for a process of producing paints and stains.

US Scott No. 953



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Chester Carlson is best known for having invented the process of electrophotography, which produced a dry copy rather than a wet copy, as was produced by the mimeograph process. Carlson's process was subsequently renamed xerography, a term that literally means "dry writing."


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Ottmar Mergenthaler (1854-1899) was a German-born American inventor who invented the Linotype machine, the first device that could easily and quickly set complete lines of type for use in printing presses, thereby revolutionizing the art of printing. Here is an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of Mergenthaler and also depicting a Linotype machine, designed by German artist Hermann Zapf (1918- ), engraved by Gerhard Schulz, and issued by Germany (West Berlin) on May 11, 1954 to commemorate the inventor's birth centenary, Scott No. 9N105, Michel No. 117, plus a photograph of Ottmar Mergenthaler which was probably a model for this stamp's design.

- nethryk

Sequoyah (1770-1840)



Sequoyah was a Cherokee silversmith inventor of Cherokee alphabet.
In 1821 he completed his independent creation of a Cherokee syllabary, making reading and writing in Cherokee possible.

Le Concours Lépine is a competitive contest for new inventions established in 1901 by French police prefect Louis Lépine (1846-1933). Here is an image of a stamp depicting a French inventor, designed and engraved by Georges Bétemps, and issued by France on April 27, 1991 to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the contest and the Association des petits fabricants et inventeurs français, Scott No. 2256, Y&T No. 2694. Bonus: Flag.

- nethryk

Leo Henricus Arthur Baekeland (1863-1944)



Leo Henricus Arthur Baekeland was a Belgian-born American chemist.
He invented Velox photographic paper in 1893 and Bakelite in 1907.
His invention of Bakelite, an inexpensive, nonflammable and popular plastic, marked the beginning of the modern plastics industry.