DEREK BARTON - FIRST DAY COVER SIGNED CO-SIGNED BY: CHRISTIAN B. ANFINSEN, A.J.P. MARTIN, PAUL KARRER, GERHARD HERZBERG, HAROLD C. UREY, RONALD GEORGE WREYFORD NORRISH, GIULIO NATTA, FREDERICK SANGER, LUIS FEDERICO LELOIR - HFSID 283175

 

NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS IN CHEMISTRY
Signatures of 10 winners of 11 Nobel Prizes in Chemistry, sign a First Day Cover. (Frederick Sanger won twice!)
First Day Cover signed: "Christian B. Anfinsen", "Derek Barton", "A. J. P. Martin", "F. Sanger", "P. Karrer", "G. Herzberg", "Luis Leloir" "RJW Norrish", "Giulio Natta" and "Harold C. Urey", 6½x3½. In all 10 signatures. FDC with a cachet honoring the 100th anniversary of the National Academy of Science, postmarked 1963 October 14, 5-cent stamp affixed, FIRST DAY OF ISSUE. Winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry who have signed here include HAROLD UREY (1934), PAUL KARRER (1937), A. J. P. MARTIN (1952), FREDERICK SANGER (1958 and again in 1980!), GIULIO NATTA (1963), RONALD G. W. NORRISH (1967), DEREK BARTON (1969), LUIS FEDERICO LELOIR (1970), GERHARD HERZBERG (1971) and CHRISTIAN ANFINSEN (1972). Lightly creased and worn at corners. Pencil note (unknown hand) on verso. Otherwise, fine condition.