Disabled / Disability / Disabilities On Stamps

Helen Keller, deaf and blind, but also a social and political advocate. Most of us know that she learned sign language via Anne Sullivan and that's where most of our knowledge about her stops, but she was much more than that: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_keller

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Here is an image of a stamp depicting the rising sun, a bouquet of flowers, an MS hope chest and a banner, designed and engraved by Albert Decaris, and issued by Monaco on June 6, 1962 to publicize the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, headquartered in New York City, Scott No. 506.

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Man in a wheelchair, printed by lithography (Carvajal S.A.), and issued by Peru on October 22, 1982 to publicize the rights of the disabled, Scott No. 772.

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Costa Rica 2012 International Year of Cooperative. It is interesting to have a wheelchair user as part of the labour pool involved in cooperatives in the design.

A recent 2013 issue from Singapore, a se-tenant strip of 5 on greetings using sign language used by the deaf.

Here is an image of a semi-postal (charity) stamp depicting a man with defective vision and various symbols of blindness, designed by Danish artist Lauritz Jessen (1917-1982), engraved by Arne Kühlmann, and issued by Greenland on May 19, 1983 to benefit the disabled, Scott No. B11, Facit No. 142.

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Denmark 1996
Sports for disabled

Here is an image of a stamp depicting a cartoon character in a wheelchair mailing a love letter, designed by Danish comic artist Phillip Stein Jönsson (1960- ), engraved by Arne Kühlmann, and issued by Denmark on October 8, 1992, Scott No. 969, Facit No. 1067. Bonuses: Mailbox, smoker and envelope.

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Here is an image of an airmail semi-postal (charity) stamp depicting an eye, a hand and the emblem of the World Health Organization, printed by lithography, and issued by Syria (UAR) on April 29, 1961 for the welfare of the blind, Scott No. CB1.

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Here are images of the two similar stamps in a set depicting L. Ohlsson, a ten-year-old boy with impaired vision, touching a relief globe, designed after a photograph by Nils-Johan Norenlind, engraved by Martin Mörck, and issued by Sweden on April 28, 1981 to publicize the UN's International Year of Disabled Persons (IYDP), Scott Nos. 1345 & 1346, Facit Nos. 1160 & 1161.

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The International Federation of the Blue Cross, founded in 1877 by Swiss pastor and theologian Louis-Lucien Rochat (1849-1917), is an independent Christian organization comprised of some 40 societies engaged in the prevention, treatment and after care of problems related to alcohol and other drugs. Here is an image of a stamp commemorating the centenary of the International Blue Cross, designed by Swiss artist Claude Mojonnet (1921- ), printed by photogravure (Courvoisier, S.A.) and issued by Switzerland on January 27, 1977, Scott No. 624.

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Commemorating the 1st Edition in Braille of the 2013 BSE Almanac in Uruguay (2013).
The miniature sheet has some braille letters impressed on it.

Here is an image of a stamp depicting American author Helen Keller (1880-1968) and her teacher, Anne Sullivan (1866-1936), designed by A.L. Escorel, printed by lithography, and issued by Brazil on July 28, 1980 to commemorate Helen Keller's birth centenary and to publicize the 4th Brazilian Congress of Prevention of Blindness and Visual Rehabilitation, Scott No. 1706.

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Here is an image of a stamp depicting a face (Vincent van Gogh), a syringe, drug fumes and a hallucination pattern, designed by French artist Pierrette Lambert, engraved by Claude Haley, and issued by Monaco in November 1977 to publicize the fight against drug abuse, Scott No. 1086.

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