United Nations stamps issued to commemorate
Philately - The International Hobby. The stamps have a design of a stamp being viewed
through a magnifier. This stamp is on the Cover. The stamps all have the first day cancellation dated May 22, 1986. The stamps have
a Geneva cancellation.
Readers may be interested to know that the
first United Nations stamps were issued in U.S. dollar denominations on United
Nations Day, on 24 October 1951. The idea of the United Nations issuing its
own stamps was first proposed in 1947 by José Arce the Ambassador from
Argentina and president of the United Nations General Assembly, who was
himself a philatelist. An agreement with the United States postal authorities
was reached in 1951 and it stipulated that the stamps be denominated in United
States currency, and used only at UN Headquarters. United Nations stamps are issued
simultaneously at UN offices in New York, Geneva and Vienna. This lovely
cover was given to me by Merja.
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