The Nobel Stamps of 1966

Designer: The artist Stig Åsberg. Engraver: The stamp-engraver Arne Wallhorn.

 

The stamps portray the Nobel Laureates of 1906:

HENRI MOISSAN (1852–1907), professor in Paris, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry "in recognition of his investigation and isolation of fluorine as well as the construction of the electrical furnace named after him for the service of science."

CAMILLO GOLGI (1843–1926), professor at Pavia, Italy, and SANTIAGO RAMÓN Y CAJAL (1852--1934), professor at Madrid, Spain, were both awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "in recognition of their work concerning the structure of the nervous system."

JOSEPH JOHN THOMSON (1856–1940), professor at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics "in recognition of his eminent theoretical and experimental researches on the passing of electricity through gazes."

GIOSUÈ CARDUCCI (1835–1907), Italy, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "not only for his rich erudition and critical researches, but primarily as a tribute to the creative energy, the freshness of style and the lyrical force, so characteristic of his poetic masterpieces."

 

© 1966 SWEDEN POST STAMPS