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James D. Watson autographed First Day Cover issued by the United Nations in conjunction with the 10th International Cancer Congress held in Houston, Texas, May 22–29, 1970. Watson has autographed the cover in black ink across the lower right.

The cover bears the 6-cent United Nations "Fight Cancer" stamp with a United Nations, New York, May 22, 1970 first-day cancellation. The ArtCraft cachet features medical research and surgical imagery with the message "Early Detection & Correction Through Research and Education."

Fine condition.

James D. Watson (1928–2025) was an American molecular biologist and geneticist best known for his role with Francis Crick in developing the double-helix model of DNA, drawing upon crucial experimental work by Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins. Watson, Crick, and Wilkins shared the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and their significance for the transfer of information in living material. Watson later served for decades at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and authored the influential memoir The Double Helix.

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