RefNo | ST/3 |
Level | SubFonds |
Title | The Secret of Life- DNA and the Genome commemorative stamps |
Date | 25 February 2003 |
Description | Commemorative pack of five stamps issued to commemorate the announcement on 25 April 1953 by Francis Crick and James Watson that DNA was a double helix linked over and over again by the same four bits of chemistry, they had identified both the code of all life and how it copies itself. |
Extent | 1 envelope, 5 stamps |
PhysicalDescription | Size 37mm x 35mm, perforations 14 x 14.5, horizontal lithographs, phosphor bars, gum on dorse |
AccessStatus | Open |
Copyright | The Royal Mail |
Provenance | Purchased for the Royal Society in February 2003 |