Gwen Prout stamp collection vol.76 Leprosy #1

The volume comprises a collection of stamps, first day covers, biographies, articles and notes on the theme of leprosy. The stamps come from all over the world covering Europe, North America, South America, Oceania, Africa and Asia. A handbook of postage stamps on leprosy, 1931-1977, is also included. Additional items are in volume 77.

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

Father Petrus Norbertus Donders

St. Gregory von Tours

Juan de Dios Carrasquilla-Lema

Raimondo G. Menocal

José de Anchieta

Gerhard Armauer Hansen

Father Joseph Damien Deveuster

Raol Follereau

Emile Marchoux, and the Emile Marchoux Institute for Leprosy Research, Bamako

Frans Hemerijckx

Mandakini Amte

Prakash Amte

Baba Amte

Thomas Bridson

World Health Organization and Uganda's National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Programme

Rafael Lucio

Gillis W. Long Hansen's Disease Centre, Carville, Louisiana