Gwen Prout stamp collection vol.129 Physicians in Government and Literature

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

The following people and events are represented in the volume:

Primo Levi

Dr Ricardo Descalzi

175th anniversary of the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, 1951

Alexander Borodin

Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald

John Keats

François Rabelais

Boris Pasternak

Anton Chekov

Elias Lönnrot

Janusz Korczak

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

50th anniversary of Interpol, 1972

Christiaan Engels

Colleen McCullough

Margaret Thatcher

Ernesto 'Che' Guevara