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Health and Medicine in Postal Stamps

This site explores aspects of health, medicine, history of medicine, and advances from my collection of postal stamps

Healthcare organisations

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Red Cross I

Origin of the Red Cross movement

Red Cross IIa

Red Cross philately and the two world wars

Red Cross IIb

Red Cross till the aftermath of the second world war

Red Cross IIc

Red Cross is caught amidst crossfires (1919 -1939)

Red Cross III

Growth of National Societies and Red Cross movement

Red Cross Overprints

Red cross overprints: beginning of a lasting relation

Red Cross IV

Hundred years of international committee of Red Cross (1863-1963)

Red Cross omnibus

Spread of British empire in 1963 Red Cross omnibus

Red Cross V

Red Cross in a peace time role

Red Cross PoW

Red cross develops a system to communicate with prisoners of war (PoWs)

WHO

World Health Organization: Philately @75

WHO HQ

A Toast at birth, but stranded at fifty-five

Voluntary org

How some international Philanthropies in health were named ?

UN: Peace

Conflict, peace and health

Refugee

Refugee health: distraught and displaced

Health days

Lets count 75 years of World health days

PAHO

Story behind world’s first international health organisation

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