Dna, The Double-Helix, Genes & Genetics

A 200 Shekel banknotes issued by Israel in 1994 show Menorah, Jewish symbol, made of DNA double helix. The banknote commemorates Zalman Shazar, the first minister of education of Israel who initiated the free compulsory education law in Israel:

DNA double helix on the background of a stamp commemorating centennial of agricultural research organization Volcani center, issued by Israel on February 9, 2021:

Gibraltar 2020, on the 100th anniversary of the birth of Rosalind Franklin.

Rosalind Franklin was the unsung hero of the DNA story. It was her X-ray crystallographic photograph 51 that was surreptitiously shown to James Watson by Maurice Wilkins that led Watson to understand the helical nature of the DNA molecule. Watson later gave credit to Franklin, but she went to her early grave (1958), not knowing the important role she played in one of the most important scientific discoveries of the 2oth century. There are two books that tell her story, Rosalind Franklin and DNA by Anne Sayre and Rosalind Franklin, the dark lady of DNA by Brenda Maddox.

Von Willebrand Disease (VWD), genetic hereditary blood-clotting disorder in humans due to a deficiency in the quality or quantity of von Willebrand factor (VWF), a protein involved in platelets cell functions, issued for use in Aland on May 5, 1994:

Century of The Friedrich Loeffler Institute (FLI), an Institute for Animal Health of Germany, that country's leading animal disease center, issued by Germany on October 7, 2010. The institute named after Friedrich Loeffler (1852 – 1915), a German bacteriologist at the University of Greifswald:

The first day commemorative postmark shows circular DNA double helix, characterizes bacterial genome and plasmids:

Private FDC's of the set "The secret of life - DNA and the genome", issued by GB on February 25, 2003 to commemorate the 50th anniversary discovery of the DNA double helix. Special commemorative postmark about heredity.

Cracking the Code
Comparative Genetics
Completing the Genome Jigsaw
Genetic Engineering
Medical Future

New stamp with DNA issued by Israel on February 11, 2025. It commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Technion, Haifa, Israel. The stamp shows molecule, atom and double helix DNA (upper right corner).

Biotechnology industry, issued by Canada on February 15, 1996 as one in a set of four stamps about "High technology in Canada". The stamp shows DNA double helix, chromosomes and Bacterial DNA plasmid used for genetic engineering.

Issued in a booklet contains two copies of the set. The cover (right) shows the Bacterial DNA plasmid (bottom right of the cover).

Inside the cover, descriptions of the different technologies. The bottom is about biotechnology and shows farm of genetic engineered plants.