Topic: Pharmacy Stamps Of The World?

While talking to my pharmacist a few weeks ago, he found out I was a stamp collector and asked if I have ever seen the US 1970somthing Pharmacy stamp. I reply yep, have one in my US album.

I decided to give it to him today as an early Christmas present. He was overjoyed to "Finally" have a copy of it!

He then asked it there were anymore of that topic related stamps around? I said not that I know of, but I will find out...so...

Do any of you know of the Topical listing (worldwide) of Pharmacy related stamps? My goal is to give it to him, and maybe get an new stamp collector in the ranks.

Any help appreciated.

I am pretty sure that the American Topical Association has a list of pharmacy related stamps. Their website lists a whole lot of different topics at http://americantopicalassn.org .

Peter

Don't forget tax stamps!

There are many drug related tax stamps at both the US federal and state levels

Here is an example of a West Virginia Medicinal Liquor stamp.



There are Scott listed federal Narcotics stamps (Scott RJA- series).

NY also has Pharmacist's Liquor tax strips.

To provide an illustration of US Scott 1473 and some extra items about it:



The bulletin board poster, similar to the Official Souvenir Page:




The 4 pages of the first day of issue ceremony program:










And some representative FDC cachets:



































And the letter inside the Geigy cachet:

PoState4evR,
I will take a small liberty and interpret your request broadly to include cancels and postal history related to pharmacy.

Iran
Scott #1989
Issued August 26, 1978 for Pharmacists' Day (although the cancel is dated 8/27)
Depicts Rhazes (850-923), chief physician of Great Hospital in Baghdad, and pharmaceutical tools.

Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
1987
200 Turkish Lira.

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