Queston Regarding A Pharmacy Topical

This Portugal 2003 Science and Technology set depicts equipment used in pharmacy and medicine.

oh I love those stamps K

Czechoslovakia 1971
International Congress on the History of Pharmacy
30h: Apothecary Jars and Tussilago farfara
60h: Apothecary Jars and Rosa canina
1Kcs: Scales and Adonis vernalis
1.20Kcs: Mortars and Valeriana officinalis
1.80Kcs: Retorts and Cichorium intybus
2.40Kcs: Grinder, Mortar, and Hyoscyamus niger

Don't forget Medicinal Liquors. West Virginia has several tax stamps, and there are additional forms at the federal level.

Ron Lesher most likely already has a list of these!

Unbelievable how far one can expand this Pharmacy topical. And here I thought it was a relatively anemic topical

Therein lies the beauty of Philately.

I have recently seen a collection of German Colonies and Post Offices abroad, 40 Albums +

how deep do you want to go?

MrEd, I couldn't resist. It took me some time to break out the revenues.

Sorry, I should have cropped them.

simply awesome those revenues. I seem to remember a Lydia Pinkham revenue somewhere. Oh and Carter's Little Liver Pills...saw that one in the backroom of a Pharmacy in Boston in the 1970s I believe

Spain
World Congress Of Pharmacy And Pharmaceutical Sciences
September 13, 2020
The stamp marks the event which is rescheduled to September 2021.

This Finland 1989 stamp commemorates 300 years of pharmacies in Finland. The design shows mortar and pestle, apothecary jar, and extraction of plants using organic solvent.

Kuol

That is a very beautiful stamp!

Some of my favorites

This Norway 1995 stamp set commemorates 400 years of Norwegian apothecary shops (pharmacies).

MrEd,
Yes, this has turned into an interesting thread with a variety of contributors. It also shows the breadth of material beyond just postage stamps.

If ten pharmacists collected what they liked that each would have a different collection as each defined their own interests. One might keep it very restrictive to include only pharmacy equipment or botanicals or those only showing people. Or to expand into health care, specific diseases, chemists/chemistry - or different formats such as postal history or revenues. The items shown run the gamut from extremely common to extremely rare. Thus the joy of a topical collection.

Amazing how many stamps/cancels promote health and disease awareness like the recent thread on covid. Here is a health slogan cancel from an earlier era: