2020 55c First-Class Forever Stamps,Innovation: Biomedicine
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US #5515
2020 Biomedicine – Innovation
- One of five stamps celebrating American Innovation – this one commemorates advancements in the field of biomedicine
Stamp Category: Commemorative
Set: Innovation
Value: 55¢ First Class Mail (Forever)
First Day of Issue: August 20, 2020
First Day City: Bellefonte, Pennsylvania
Quantity Issued: 14,000,000
Printed by: Banknote Corporation of America
Printing Method: Offset, Hot Foil Stamping
Format: Panes of 20
Tagging: Phosphor Tagged Paper, Block Tagged
Why the stamp was issued: To honor the achievements in the field of biomedicine that have helped America grow into the nation it is today.
About the stamp design: Pictures block lettering of the word “Innovation” overlaying an existing photograph of red blood cells. Designed by USPS art director Antonio Alcalá.
Special design details: Hot foil stamping was added to the word “Innovation.” This gives the letters a holographic shimmer and makes them stand out.
First Day City: The First Day of Issue postmark was from Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, but no First Day of Issue Ceremony was held due to the ongoing Covid-19 global pandemic. Instead, the stamps were released during the American Philatelic Society’s Virtual Stamp Show.
About the Innovation set: Includes five stamps honoring the importance of innovation in American history – past and present. Specifically celebrates breakthroughs in the fields of computing, biomedicine, genome sequencing, robotics, and solar technology. Each design pictures block lettering of the word “Innovation” overlayed on exiting photographs related to the theme of each stamp. Stamps were designed by USPS art director Antonio Alcalá
History the stamp represents: In the last several hundred years, few fields have advanced as far and as fast as medicine. We went from little-to-no understanding of the human body to having the ability to correct some of the most serious medical conditions.
Many people consider some of the most important innovations in medicine to be the big fancy x-ray and MRI machines. However, those machines would not be much help without innovations like penicillin and anesthesia. We would also be in a much different place today without the discovery of germs and advent of better sanitation practices.
Again, all of these would be for nothing if not for the innovation involving magnification by special glass. This idea made possible the invention of important tools like the microscope. Being able to see the germs and viruses attacking our cells changed the medical field forever. Without the microscope, modern diagnostics would be impossible.
Thanks to all the amazing advances in medicine, the human life expectancy has nearly doubled since the 1800s. It’s no wonder the USPS included biomedicine in the set of five 2020 Innovation stamps. Without medical innovation, many important inventors throughout history might not have lived long enough to make their mark.
US #5515
2020 Biomedicine – Innovation
- One of five stamps celebrating American Innovation – this one commemorates advancements in the field of biomedicine
Stamp Category: Commemorative
Set: Innovation
Value: 55¢ First Class Mail (Forever)
First Day of Issue: August 20, 2020
First Day City: Bellefonte, Pennsylvania
Quantity Issued: 14,000,000
Printed by: Banknote Corporation of America
Printing Method: Offset, Hot Foil Stamping
Format: Panes of 20
Tagging: Phosphor Tagged Paper, Block Tagged
Why the stamp was issued: To honor the achievements in the field of biomedicine that have helped America grow into the nation it is today.
About the stamp design: Pictures block lettering of the word “Innovation” overlaying an existing photograph of red blood cells. Designed by USPS art director Antonio Alcalá.
Special design details: Hot foil stamping was added to the word “Innovation.” This gives the letters a holographic shimmer and makes them stand out.
First Day City: The First Day of Issue postmark was from Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, but no First Day of Issue Ceremony was held due to the ongoing Covid-19 global pandemic. Instead, the stamps were released during the American Philatelic Society’s Virtual Stamp Show.
About the Innovation set: Includes five stamps honoring the importance of innovation in American history – past and present. Specifically celebrates breakthroughs in the fields of computing, biomedicine, genome sequencing, robotics, and solar technology. Each design pictures block lettering of the word “Innovation” overlayed on exiting photographs related to the theme of each stamp. Stamps were designed by USPS art director Antonio Alcalá
History the stamp represents: In the last several hundred years, few fields have advanced as far and as fast as medicine. We went from little-to-no understanding of the human body to having the ability to correct some of the most serious medical conditions.
Many people consider some of the most important innovations in medicine to be the big fancy x-ray and MRI machines. However, those machines would not be much help without innovations like penicillin and anesthesia. We would also be in a much different place today without the discovery of germs and advent of better sanitation practices.
Again, all of these would be for nothing if not for the innovation involving magnification by special glass. This idea made possible the invention of important tools like the microscope. Being able to see the germs and viruses attacking our cells changed the medical field forever. Without the microscope, modern diagnostics would be impossible.
Thanks to all the amazing advances in medicine, the human life expectancy has nearly doubled since the 1800s. It’s no wonder the USPS included biomedicine in the set of five 2020 Innovation stamps. Without medical innovation, many important inventors throughout history might not have lived long enough to make their mark.