This item is an official First Day of Issue cover from Canada Post for the 2008 Lifesaving Society Centennial issue. Released by Canada Post on July 25, 2008. The stamp and the cover (envelope) cachet feature lifeguards and their tools. Please click on the image or "Details" to see enlarged images of the front and back of this cover.

This mint stamp, first issued on September 4, 1951, commemorated the 75th anniversary of the American Chemical Society (ACS). The design features the ACS emblem and inductrial chemical equipment. An attractive early chemistry topical stamp.

Issued by Russia on October 3, 1987, this complete mint set of three stamps, each with an attached label, commemorates three famous scientists: Muhammed Taragai Ulugh Begh (1394-1449, Uzbek astronomer and mathematician), Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727, English physicist and mathematician), and Marie Curie (1867-1934, physicist, chemist and Nobel Laureate). The labels include short bios (in Russian).

Issued by the U.S. on September 4, 1961, this mint stamp commemorates the 50th anniversary of the first U.S. legislation to compensat workers injured on the job. The Wisconsin law of 1911 was followed suit by similar laws in nine other states that same year. The stamp design features a factory and a family in the scales of justice.

Issued by the United States on March 4, 1952, this mint stamp commemorated the 50th anniversary (1902-1952) of the American Automobile Association (AAA; the "Triple-A") and honored its contribution to road safety and convenience. The stamp design features children and a crossing guard as well as automobiles of 1902 and 1952.

Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the American Society of Civil Engineers, this mint stamp features the George Washington bridge (a symbol of a great enginnering project attributed to Society members) and an old covered bridge. The first day of issue for this stamp was September 6, 1952. A nice stamp gift for the engineer.

This "American Inventor's Issue" honors Charles Steinmetz, Edwin Armstrong, Nikola tesla and Philo T. Farnsworth (please click on the image or "Details" for additional information). This mint block of four stamps was issued by the U.S. Postal Service on September 21, 1983. Scott Cat.# 2058a.

Harry Houdini (1874-1926), the subject of this mint, self-adhesive stamp, was a Hungarian-American magician, illusionist and stunt performer, noted for his sensational escape acts. Issued by the U.S. Postal Service on July 3, 2002. Scott Cat.# 3651.

Austria paid tribute to the nursing profession with the release of this complete mint set of four stamps on October 18, 1937. The stamps feature a nurse and infant, a mother and child, nursing the aged, and a Sister of Mercy with patient. The 2011 Scott Catalogue value for this set is $9.00. Scott Cat.# B152-5.

Featuring specimens from the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History Collection, this mint block of four "minerals" stamps celebrates geology and gemology. The stamps depict azurite, copper, variscite and wulfenite. Issued by the U.S. Postal Service on September 17, 1992. Scott Cat.# 2703a (2700-2703).

The U.S. Postal Service issued this attractively designed mint stamp pair on September 20, 1993, to bring awareness to American sign language and the need for early recognition of deafness. Scott Cat.# 2784a.

Issued by the U.S. Postal Service on May 4, 2005, this mint strip of four self-adhesive stamps features the following four renowned American scientists: geneticist Barbara McClintock (1902-1992), thermodynamicist Josiah Willard Gibbs (1839-1903), methematician John von Neumann (1903-1957), and physicist Richard Feynman (1918-1988). Scott Cat.# 3909a.