Eradication Of Malaria

A thread to compile in one space images of the many stamps issued in order to call attention to the danger of malaria and to encourage its eradication.

Here is a United States 1962 issue:

Thanks, KGB, for starting this thread. In the far past, more than 25 years, I collected Malaria stamps and items. I don't collect this subject any more, sold all covers and postmarks but I still keep the stamps and will show several of them.

To roll this thread, here is one issued in 1962 for use in the Canal Zone:

The 150th anniversary isolation Quinine, an anti Malaria compound purified from cinchona tree, by the French chemists Pierre Joseph Pelletier (1788-1842) and Joseph Bienaimé Caventou (1795-1887), designed and engraved by Claude Haley, and issued by France on March 12, 1970:

I've been away from the hobby for so long that I entirely forgot about the Canal Zone issues!

More stamps commemorate the 150th anniversary discovery of Quinine by Caventou and Pelletier. This time from Rwanda, designed by Jean Van Noten and issued on October 27, 1970:

About 140 authorities issued stamps publicizing the anti Malaria campaign declared by the UN in 1962. Among them Cuba which issued this set of three on December 14, 1962:

Malaria parasite infected erythrocytes:

Anopheles albimanus mosquito, Malaria parasite vector:

Cinchona plant and Quinine variants chemical formulas:

To publicize the anti Malaria campaign, Portugal issued in 1962 an omnibus set for use in its eight colonies, show different types of Anopheles mosquitoes:

- Angola
- Cape Verde
- Guinea
- Portuguese India

- Macau
- Mozambique
- St. Tome and Principe
- Timor

Anti Malaria campaign, issued by Hungary on June 25, 1962:

Most of the stamps issued to publicize the anti Malaria campaign declared by the UN in 1962 show the campaign emblem, the World Health Organization logo fights the Anopheles mosquito vector and the slogan: "The world united against Malaria" ("Le Monde uni contre le Paludisme"). Few countries issued stamps depicting other designs than the emblem. From them, I think the most beautiful and attractive are the stamps of Laos, Tunisia and Morocco.

Here are the stamps of Laos, issued on July 19, 1962:

Lao boy and the campaign emblem
Designer: Marc Leguay, Engraver: Pierre Munier:

Lao girl and the campaign emblem
Designer: Marc Leguay, Engraver: Jean Pheulpin:

The Malaria campaign emblem
Designer: Chamnane Prisayane, Engraver: Roger Fenneteaux:

The stamps were issued imperforated in SS which is relatively rare and expensive:

FDC of the above set of stamps from Laos:

Imperforated set:

- Cinchona ledgeriana plant, used to produce anti-malaria drugs and alkaloids, designed by the Belgian artist Jean Van Noten, engraved by engraved by Jean de Vos, and issued by Congo DR on May 25, 1963:



Issued in a set commemorates centenary of the Red Cross movement:

Several countries overprinted former stamps to publicize the anti Malaria campaign instead of issue special stamps. Here are several stamps overprinted with the campaign logo from Guinea, Burundi, Mongolia and Nicaragua:

France
14th April 1962
Malaria Eradication



Designed and Engraved by René Cottet

Saudi Arabia
7th June 1962
The World United Against Malaria

Lebanon
2nd July 1962


designed by Paul Koroleff