Gwen Prout stamp collection vol.55 Deafness

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

The following people, institutions, campaigns and developments are represented in the volume:

Bartolomeo Eustachi

Robert Barany

Charles Michael, the Abbé de l'Epée

Henrik Daniel Guyot

Andras Chazar

Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet

Sign language

Alexander Graham Bell

Invention of the telephone

Adam Politzer

Samuel Heinicke

Ludwig van Beethoven

Arab Deaf Week

Association for Hearing and Speech Impaired Sign Language (Bosnia Herzogovina)

Sign Lanuage for Deaf (Uruguay)

Ceylon School for the Deaf and Blind

Eric Williams

Noise pollution

Graeme M. Clark

Miroslav Novak