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Is this thread is also for Red Crescent and Red Magen David stamps and items? If yes, I have several to show. Thanks |
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Is this thread is also for Red Crescent and Red Magen David stamps and items? If yes, I have several to show. Thanks May I assume that the silence in this thread means "No"? Semi-postal engraved art stamps, designed and engraved by Jules Piel and issued by France on December 8, 1956 to raise donations to the Red Cross: - Peasant family in an Interior (detail), by Louis Le Nain (1593 - 1677) - Pierrot, also known as Gilles, by Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684–1721)  |
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Semi-postal engraved art stamps, show woodcuts from the Miserere (Mercy) series by Georges Rouault (1871–1958), designed and engraved by Jules Piel and issued by France on December 2, 1961 to raise donations to the Red Cross: - "It would be so sweet to love" - Sometimes the blind comfort those that see (L'aveugle parfois a consolé le voyant)  |
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During World War I, Marie Curie recognized that wounded soldiers were best served if operated upon as soon as possible. She saw a need for field radiological centres near the front lines to assist battlefield surgeons, including to obviate amputations when in fact limbs could be saved. After a quick study of radiology, anatomy, and automotive mechanics she procured X-ray equipment, vehicles, auxiliary generators, and developed mobile radiography units, which came to be popularly known as petites Curies ("Little Curies"). She became the director of the Red Cross Radiology Service and set up France's first military radiology centre, operational by late 1914. Assisted at first by a military doctor and her 17-year-old daughter Irčne, Curie directed the installation of 20 mobile radiological vehicles and another 200 radiological units at field hospitals in the first year of the war. Later, she began training other women as aides. Curie and mobile X-ray vehicle, issued by France in 2018:  |
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Monegasque Red Cross, designed by Pierrette Lambert, engraved by Claude Haley and issued by Monaco on November 6, 1980:  |
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Symbol of the Red Cross movement on the anti Malaria campaign stamps, designed by Jaroslav Svab, engraved by Jan Mracek and issued by Czechoslovakia on June 18, 1962:  |
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The 100th anniversary of the Australian Red Cross, issued by Australia on May 6, 2014:  |
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Red Cross stamps on commercial cover, issued by DDR (GDR) on September 13, 1966. Set was posted in page 29:  |
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The 50th anniversary league of Red Cross societies, issued by DDR (GDR) on April 23, 1969. FDC sent registered to Israel. Set and other FDC were posted in page 29:  |
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