Tuberculosis. Centenary of the discovery of the tuberculosis bacteria by Robert Koch, 1983

 

The 19th-century German bacteriologist Robert Koch (1843-1910) came up with rigorous experimental procedures for determining whether a bacterium causes a particular disease.

Robert Koch is generally considered to be one of the two founders of modern bacteriology. The other is Louis Pasteur.

In 1905 Koch won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine “For his investigation and discoveries in relation to tuberculosis”.

http://web.ukonline.co.uk/b.gardner/Koch.htm

 

Date of issue: 21 February 1983

Expiration date:

Design: Oscar Bonnevalle (1920-1993)

Printing: Chalot s.a., Braine-le-Château, Belgium

Perforation: 13

Size: 41 x 30 mm

Sheet: 25

Marginal inscriptions: “ZAIRE” on top and bottom, 6 vertical lines all around

Circulation: 66,000

 

No 1190. 80k, from yellow to red

No 1191. 1,20z, from pink to lilac

No 1192. 3,60z, green

No 1193. 9,60z, blue

The series:

 

The imperforated series is in size and coloring exact the same as above:

Remark: the white border around these stamps is much larger when cut from a side, top, bottom or corner of a sheet.

 

There are no variations or curiosities known for any of the above shown material.