The find of the first stamp of the Russian Mineralogical Society

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The article describes the first official stamp of the Russian Mineralogical Society, which had the official status since the Society foundation in the period from 1817 to 1864. There are photographs of the stamp and its imprint on the diploma of the Honorary member of the Society Prof. M.A. Balugjanski, and data on the stamp composition performed by the XRF analysis.

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A. V. Morozova

Saint Petersburg Mining University

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Email: helada.anna@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Saint-Petersburg

A. D. Vlasov

Archive RAS, Saint Petersburg Branch RAS

Email: alex_vlasov@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Saint-Petersburg

E. G. Hosid

Archive RAS, Saint Petersburg Branch RAS

Email: lenahosid@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Saint-Petersburg

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2. Fig. 1. First great stamp of the Russian Mineralogical Society (а) and the imprint of the stamp (б).

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3. Fig. 2. Diploma of the Mineralogical Society awarded to Mikhail Andreevich Balugjanski in 1818, May 5 (а) and enlarged image of imprint of the first stamp of 1817 on it (б).

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4. Fig. 3. Diploma of the Permanent member of the Imperial Mineralogical Society V.I. Vernadsky (1890) (а) and enlarged image of imprint of the stamp of 1864 on it (б).

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