The launch of the stamp will take place as part of the main event of the Technion's 100th anniversary celebrations in the presence of the Technion's President, Prof. Lavi Peretz, the Mayor of Haifa, Adv.
The Israel Post Company issued a special stamp for the 100th anniversary of the laying of the cornerstone for the Technion. The launch of the stamp took place on Tuesday, January 31, as part of a celebratory concert commemorating the 100th anniversary of the laying of the cornerstone for the Technion, in the presence of: the president of the Technion, Prof. Lavi Peretz, the mayor of Haifa, Adv. and the Director of the Stamp Service, Yaron Retzon.
The chairman of the board of directors, Shashi Sheila said that "the stamp that we are launching today salutes the first academic educational institution established in Israel and one of the most prominent institutions worldwide in its field". He added that the successful activity of the Technion contributed greatly to the development of the economy of the State of Israel.
Description of the first day stamp and envelope
The stamp encompasses the past, present and future, not only of the Technion, but of the State of Israel, which was a pioneer in science and technology.
On the stamp appears a plan of the front of the building, which was designed by Alexander Baerwald, a Jewish-German architect, one of the pioneers of the new Israeli architecture.
From the building grows a component, developed at the Technion by three professors: Daniel Weiss, Alexander Yarin and Eyal Sussman. This is a prototype of a nano-parachute, whose structure and movement are based on the structure of the sabion seed and its movement in the air. The nano-parachute is made of nano-fibers, and is actually a sophisticated detector for detecting toxic substances in the air. Thousands of tiny parachutes, scattered in the area suspected of being infected, change their color in the presence of toxic substances, and thus it is possible to determine their type and prevent or reduce the harm to human life.
In recent years, the Technion has been engaged in research in the field of nanotechnology in a number of fields: nanoelectronics, nanooptics, nanomaterials and their launch with the life sciences. This is a field that allows collaborations between scientists from different fields and different faculties. The ingredient shown on the stamp is an excellent example of this.
On the back of the stamp appears the invitation to the "ceremony of the laying of the cornerstone, on Thursday, the XNUMXth month of Nissan, year XNUMX, at three o'clock in the afternoon in the Technicum field".
The cover of the first day shows a photograph of the Technion building after its completion, combined with a drawing of the building. Above float icosahedrons, bodies taken from the research of Prof. Dan Shechtman of the Technion, winner of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of quasi-periodic crystals.
The photograph seen on the stamp of the nano-parachute inside the palm of the hand - courtesy of Mickey Koren.
The stamp was designed by Naama Tomarkin, director of the Technion Applicants Association in Israel.
Its nominal value is NIS 2.60.
One response
Even 56 years ago in 1956, the Technion stamp was issued.
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If I were the speaker of the Technion (or the one who wrote this message), I would bother to mention and present the old stamp as well.
By the way, KKL-Junk also issued a Technion stamp many years ago.