Philip Showalter Hench stamp

Found on eBay is this sheet of stamps from Indonesia of Nobel Prize winners from 1901-2001.  This 6-stamp sheet includes our famous cousin Philip Showalter Hench who won the 1950 Nobel Prize for Medicine (development of cortisone).  The stamp in the lower left corner features a drawing of Hench (not the best representation!) and his basic information.  These unused stamps are part of a collector’s sheet that measures 7″ X 5″.  It is numbered 6707 out of 10,000.

Hench stamp

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