Gwen Prout stamp collection vol.85 Smallpox and Measles

The volume comprises a collection of stamps, first day covers, biographies, articles and notes on the theme of smallpox and measles. The stamps come from all over the world covering urope, North America, South America, Africa and Asia.

The following people and events are represented in the volume:

Jan Ingenhousz

Ernest Ludwig Heim

Francisco Muniz

Alfonso Espinola

Anders Chydenius

Tomas Romay-Chacon

Idrice Goumany

Enrique Paschen

Edward Jenner

The 25th anniversary of the last case of naturally-acquired smallpox, and the eradication of the disease.

200 years of smallpox vaccination in Austria

Thomas C. Peebles

Harry Martin Meyer Jr.