Nurse Stamps--Have Any?

Nurse instructing mother about care of infant, printed by photogravure, and issued by Poland on November 21, 1953, Scott No. 588, SG No. 824.

- nethryk

Hi

Nurses in stamps from my country :



And first day cover :



Best regards

Here are images of two airmail semi-postal stamps depicting a mother, a nurse and children, designed and engraved by Pierre Munier, and issued by Vichy France for use in Guadeloupe on June 22, 1942 to benefit the indigenous children's welfare fund, Scott Nos. CB1 & CB2. Note: Because of the war, these stamps were not actually placed on sale in Guadeloupe.

- nethryk

Hi

Nurses in stamps from Colombia and Costa Rica :

Here is an image of a Red Cross airmail stamp depicting a nurse carrying a sick child, designed and engraved by Pierre Forget, and issued by Gabon on June 25, 1965, Scott No. C34.

- nethryk

These are cinderellas issued by the Malta Memorial District Nursing Assosiation as receipts of the membership fee in 1948.


(note that the original stamps are line engraved and look better than in this photo)

These labels are quite frequent in Malta and they fetch £4-£5 each in local auctions. On ebay they fetch between £8 and £15. Blocks of 4 of both values are also sometimes seen. I have never seen either value used. All the ones available seem to be in MUH or MH condition.

The 5/- exists as a colour trial in blue and overprinted WATERLOW & SONS LTD. / SPECIMEN. This is very rare and I never saw it on sale.

These are (in my opinion) Malta's best Cinderellas in terms of the design. Note that the MMDNA exists to this day:
http://www.mmdna.com/page2.html

In 1995, a postage stamp was issued to commemorate the Association's fiftieth anniversary, also portraying a nurse:

Here is an image of a semi-postal stamp featuring a portrait of "The Lady with the Lamp," English nurse, writer and statistician Florence Nightingale OM, RRC (1820-1910), printed by photogravure, and issued by Belgium on April 1, 1939 as one of a set of eight stamps commemorating the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Red Cross, Scott No. B234, plus a photo of a carte de visite of Nightingale circa 1850s which may have been the model for this stamp's design.

- nethryk

Just stumbled across this Australian lass, but I see Gussyboy posted the same one four years ago. Oh well, she's lovely enough to bring back for an encore.

Here is an image of a stamp depicting a nurse bandaging a man's leg, designed by Russian artist Vasili Vasilievich Zavialov (1906-1972), printed by lithogravure, and issued by Russia (USSR) on September 15, 1958 to commemorate 40 years of Red Cross-Red Crescent work, Scott No. 2110, Zagorski No. 2139.

- nethryk

A smaller version of the South African nurse posted on page 1 of this thread. The image area of this stamp only measures 11mm x 21mm

Nurse helping an old woman, Red Cross stamp printed by lithography, and issued by Poland on January 24, 1977, Scott No. 2196.

- nethryk

Nurse, hospital ward and IWY logo, designed by the late Portuguese artist Maria Keil (1914-2012), printed by lithography, and issued by Portugal on December 30, 1975 to publicize International Womens' Year, Scott No. 1273.

- nethryk

Here are images of the the two semi-postal stamps in a Red Cross set depicting, respectively, a nurse treating a soldier on the battlefield (1859), and a nurse treating a child in an infirmary (1966), both designed and engraved by Jules Piel, and issued by France on December 10, 1966, Scott Nos. B402 & B403, Y&T Nos. 1508 & 1509.

- nethryk

"A Tradition of Service:" Florence Nightingale and a modern nurse, designed and engraved by Frank Manley, and issued by Australia on September 21, 1955, Scott No. 284.

- nethryk

In 1866 Cathinka Augusta Guldberg (1840–1919) went to Kaiserswerth in Germany to be educated as a Deaconess; two years later she returned to Norway and became the country's first nurse. Here is an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of Cathinka Guldberg, designed and engraved by Knut Løkke-Sørensen, and issued by Norway on October 31, 1968, Scott No. 520, Facit No. 607, plus a photo of Gulberg which was probably the model for this stamp's design.

- nethryk