Henry Dunant. Photograph.

[Leaflet introducing the British Red Cross Society].

Deuxième congrès national des équipes C.R.F. de secourisme : les cinq fondateurs / [Croix-Rouge française].

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9 volume stamp album (1043 commemorative and fund raising stamps) on the theme of the international Red Cross (Henry Dunant features often). It consists of postage stamps mounted onto individual sheets in ring binders housed in slip cases . The collection is arranged alphabetically by country (Abyssinia (see Ethiopia) to Yemen). Volume 1 has a colour portrait of Basil O'Connor who was appointed chairman of the central committee of the American National Red Cross by President Roosevelt in 1944 and appointed first president of the American National Red Cross by President Truman in 1947. He was elected as chairman of the board of governors of the League of Red Cross Societies from 1945-1950. Includes a list of decorations and honors received by him from Red Cross Societies between 1944 and 1950.

9 volumes in slip cases : colour illustrations, portrait ; 31 cm

The Red Cross stamp collection of Basil O'Connor / compiled by Hazel Royall O'Connor ; assisted by devoted friends of Basil O'Connor and Hazel O'Connor.

Box file containing postage stamps, first day covers and postmarks on medical subjects in acid free sleeves. Stamps are dated with Stanley Gibbons number (where possible). Countries are: Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar. Includes stamps about: Red Cross centenary (1963) and Red Cross surcharge stamps, Red Crescent, brucellosis, heart disease, multiple sclerosis, medicinal plants, smoking, blood donation, blood transfusion, cancer, ambulances, veterinary education in Mexico, cancer prevention, disablility, x-rays, drug abuse, radiography, dentistry, child health, homoeopathy, leprosy and rehabilitation, AIDS, immunisation, malaria, Fondation Raoul Follereau, drug addiction, tuberculosis, poliomyelitis, smallpox vaccination, cardiology, Sir Alexander Fleming, B.C.G. vaccine (Guerin and Calmette), Alexander Wood inventing the hypodermic syringe (1855), braille, family planning, cardiovascular medicine.

General Collections Ephemera Collection

Postage stamps ephemera. Box 8C.

Box file containing postage stamps, first day covers and postmarks on medical subjects in acid free sleeves. Stamps are dated with Stanley Gibbons number (where possible). Countries are: Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua & New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru. Includes Polish stamps for the physicians: Sebastian Petrycy, Jedrzej Sniadecki, Władysław Bieganski, Jozef Dietl, Benedykt Dybowski, Henryk Jordan, Romanian health stamps and ones about alcoholism, drug addiction, smoking, AIDS, child health care, cancer, surgical instruments, ambulances, Asian Pacific Congress of Gastroenterology (1972. Manila) , medical plants, 'Negros Oriental Tuberculosis Pavilion' in Dumaguete City, health centres, school health, infant and maternal health, medical training, blood donation, blood transfusion, King Edward Medical College (Lahore), hypertension, disabled persons, blind, child health, occupational safety, 5th Asian congress of paediatric surgery (Karachi, 1980), drug abuse, vaccination, Rotary International, paralympics (Athens, 2004).

Postage stamps ephemera. Box 9B.

J. Henry Dunant, Gründer des Roten Kreuz, Urheber der Genfer Konvention : eine Biographie in Dokumenten / [Willy Heudtlass].

Un souvenir de Solferino / [Henry Dunant].

Medical Heritage Library

218 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of folded plates : map ; 23 cm

Secours aux blessés / communication du Comité international faisant suite au compte rendu de la Conférence internationale de Genève. [Henry Dunant, secrétaire].

A memory of Solferino : Un souvenir de Solferino / With an introduction by John Kennedy.

2 leaves 115 pages ; 1 unnumbered leaf of plates ; 26 cm

Secours aux blessés militaires : société fondée à Paris pour le soulagement des blessés et des malades sur les champs de bataille, dans les ambulances et dans les hôpitaux / Secrétariat du Comité central.

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Dunant, Henry, 1828-1910

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The Red Cross stamp collection of Basil O'Connor / compiled by Hazel Royall O'Connor ; assisted by devoted friends of Basil O'Connor and Hazel O'Connor.

Henry Dunant. Photograph.

Postage stamps ephemera. Box 8C.

Postage stamps ephemera. Box 9B.

J. Henry Dunant, Gründer des Roten Kreuz, Urheber der Genfer Konvention : eine Biographie in Dokumenten / [Willy Heudtlass].

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Dunant, Henry, 1828-1910

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The Red Cross stamp collection of Basil O'Connor / compiled by Hazel Royall O'Connor ; assisted by devoted friends of Basil O'Connor and Hazel O'Connor.

Henry Dunant. Photograph.

Postage stamps ephemera. Box 8C.

Postage stamps ephemera. Box 9B.

J. Henry Dunant, Gründer des Roten Kreuz, Urheber der Genfer Konvention : eine Biographie in Dokumenten / [Willy Heudtlass].

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