The Atomic Age

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1955 Stamp: Atoms for Peace

When President Dwight Eisenhower requested a stamp design to commemorate the Atoms for Peace Program, George Cox, a technical illustrator for Brookhaven National Laboratory, responded with a double globe with orbiting electrons. The U.S. Postal Service issued the "Atoms for Peace" stamp on July 28, 1955, less than two weeks before delegates from 73 countries convened for the International Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy in Geneva, Switzerland.