When Postage Stamps Promoted Cigarette Smoking.

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  • Davide Gori
چکیده

Fig. 1: Postcard depicting New York central post office at the beginning of the 20th century (1875-1877) with the shielded eagle of the German Reich Fig. 2: Postcard (1869) of the Kingdom of Serbia depicting prince Milan with a postal employee committed in sorting mail Fig. 3: Postcard (1862) of Hong Kong with Queen Victoria of England depicting a country post office along a medium class lady committed in sending a package of Duke’s cigarettes

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India

دوره 64 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2016