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 et de l'Éducation Physique / Achetez le nouveau timbre antituberculeux / 'Calmette sauveur des tout-petits' / Comité National de Défense Contre La Tuberculose"

 

English translation: "Ministry of Public Health and Physical Education / Buy the new anti-tuberculosis patch / 'Calmette saves little ones' / National Committee for Defense Against Tuberculosis"

This poster promotes new stamps from the Committee for Defense Against Tuberculosis. The stamp features a head and shoulder portrait of Albert Calmette. He discovered the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin, an attenuated form of Mycobacterium bovis used in the BCG vaccine against tuberculosis.

Printer: M. Déchaux - Paris

Condition: Poor; please note tears along bottom, creasing, discoloration, fold lines, and rip from left-hand edge.

Material: Paper

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