Sci-Philately - a Selective History of Science on Stamps

ATOMIC BOMB STAMPS AND BIBLIOGRAPHY

from Scott 2001 Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue

1. Marshall Islands 679h (1998) Mankind faces Atomic Age
2. Marshall Islands B1d (1996) Able
3. Marshall Islands B1e (1996) Baker
4. United Nations 133 (1964) Cessation of nuclear testing
5. United Nations Geneva 23 (1972) Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons
6. Mexico (1977) Treaty of Tlatelolco 10th anniversary
7. Mexico 2021 (1997) Treaty of Tlatelolco 30th anniversary
8. Belgium 1582 (1995) Nuclear Nonproliferation 25th anniversary
9. Nicaragua 897 (1971) Einstein's law; ten mathematical formulas that changed the face of the world
10. Upper Volta 443 (1977) Linus Pauling Nobel prize in Chemistry 1954
11. Original design for USPS stamp showing the atom bomb drop on Hiroshima, as reproduced from Linn's Stamp Yearbook for 1995, p. 184.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
U.S. Nuclear Testing Program in the Marshall Islands
http://www.tribunal-mh.org/testing.htm
Atmospheric Nuclear and Thermonuclear Explosion Test Database
http://zvis.com/nuclear/nuktdb.shtml
AtomicArchive.com:Arms Control Treaties
http://www.atomicarchive.com/ACTreaty.shtm
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1954 Presentation Speech
http://www.nobel.se/chemistry/laureates/1954/press.html
Nobel Peace Prize for 1962 Presentation Speech
http://www.nobel.se/peace/laureates/1962/press.html
Lamont, Lansing. Day of Trinity. Boston: Atheneum, 1965.
Rhodes, Richard. The Making of the Atomic Bomb. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1986.
Linn's Stamp News. Sidney, OH. 1/9/95; 3/13/95; 3/4/95; 5/15/95; 10/30/95.
Linn's Stamp News. US Stamp Yearbook 1995. Sidney, OH 1996.

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