Stamp: Artificial kidney. Willem Kolff 1943 (Netherlands 2010)

Artificial kidney. Willem Kolff 1943 (Netherlands 2010)

09 February (Netherlands ) within release 100 Years of patent goes into circulation Stamp Artificial kidney. Willem Kolff 1943 face value 44 Euro cent

Stamp Artificial kidney. Willem Kolff 1943 in catalogues
Michel: Mi:NL 2728
NVPH: NVP:NL2699

Stamp is horizontal format.

Also in the issue 100 Years of patent:

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Stamp Artificial kidney. Willem Kolff 1943 in digits
Country: Netherlands
Date: 2010-02-09
Print: Offset and Lithography
Size: 37 x 26
Perforation: comb 13¼ x 12¾
Emission: Commemorative
Format: Stamp
Face Value: 44 Euro cent
Print run: 380000

Stamp Artificial kidney. Willem Kolff 1943 it reflects the thematic directions:

An invention is a unique or novel device, method, composition, idea, or process. An invention may be an improvement upon a machine, product, or process for increasing efficiency or lowering cost. It may also be an entirely new concept. If an idea is unique enough either as a stand-alone invention or as a significant improvement over the work of others, it can be patented. A patent, if granted, gives the inventor a proprietary interest in the patent over a specific period of time, which can be licensed for financial gain. 

Stamp, Artificial kidney. Willem Kolff 1943, Netherlands,  , Healthcare, Inventions