Achetez Le Nouveau Timbre Antituberculeux Poster

France, 1933

24 x 16 in (61 x 41 cm)

ID #FF27C-PK10-S

"Ministère de la Santé Publique / Achetez Le Nouveau Timbre Antituberculeux / Comité National de Défense Contre La Tuberculose"


English translation: "Ministry of Public Health / Buy The New Anti-Tuberculosis Stamp / National Committee for Defense Against Tuberculosis"

This poster promotes new stamps from the Committee for Defense Against Tuberculosis. The stamp features children gleefully playing with the translated caption reading: "Games and Health Protected by the B.C.G Vaccine". The stamps celebrated Albert Calmette's discovery of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin, used in the tuberculosis vaccine. 

Printer: Beaux-Arts - Paris

Condition: Fair; please note paper creasing, fold lines, and discoloration.

Material: Paper

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