{"id":"cta0874","internal_id":"fdf468ba-e8fa-4909-84bd-00370a41faa1","links":{"img_thumbnail":"https://digital.sciencehistory.org/downloads/deriv/63gippx/thumb_large_2X?disposition=inline","html_self":"https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/cta0874"},"title":"Periwinkle (Vinca) semi-postal stamp, Belgium","additional_title":[],"format":["image"],"genre":["Postage stamps"],"medium":[],"extent":["2.1 cm W x 2.5 cm H"],"language":["French","Dutch"],"provenance":"","subject":["Postage stamps","Botanical illustration","Vinca","Medicinal plants"],"department":"Archives","series_arrangement":[],"rights":"http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-RUU/1.0/","rights_holder":"","digitization_funder":"","file_creator":"Auerbach, Jahna","description":"1949, semi-postal stamp from Belgium featuring Periwinkle (Vinca). Periwinkle is known for producing alkaloids like vincristine and vinblastine. These compounds are potent anticancer agents used in chemotherapy for leukemia, lymphoma, and various tumors. Traditionally, it has also been used for diabetes, hypertension, and wound healing.","description_html":"<p>1949, semi-postal stamp from Belgium featuring Periwinkle (Vinca). Periwinkle is known for producing alkaloids like vincristine and vinblastine. These compounds are potent anticancer agents used in chemotherapy for leukemia, lymphoma, and various tumors. Traditionally, it has also been used for diabetes, hypertension, and wound healing.</p>","published_at":"2026-04-08T15:37:35Z","updated_at":"2026-04-08T15:37:35Z","creator":[],"date_of_work":[{"start":"1949","start_qualifier":"","finish":"","finish_qualifier":"","note":"","formatted":"1949"}],"place":[{"category":"place_of_creation","value":"Belgium"}],"inscription":[],"related_link":[],"additional_credit":[],"physical_container":{"box":"5","folder":"","volume":"","part":"","page":"","shelfmark":"","reel":"","formatted":"Box 5"}}