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There are nearly 200 member countries around the world, and there have been many stamps issued by those member nations relating to UNESCO. I started a topical collection around this area several years ago, beginning with the 20th anniversary of the founding of UNESCO and an associated topic concerning saving the Egyptian monuments when the Aswan Dam was built.
One of the very special items in my collection is a selection of United Nations Gift Stamps. I am missing one for completion. I have displayed the entire selection here for your viewing pleasure. I have quite a few duplicates for any of you who would like to add some of this collateral material to your own collections.
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What, no black helicopters ???
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Once again, Terry, a beautiful display!
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You might want to consider adding UNESCO heritage sites pictured on stamps. I recently saw one from I think Cambodia, on a maximum card. Real beautiful.
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Viewed with pleasure, Terry, thank you.
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Very nicely laid out!
I have the omnibus Commonwealth UNESCO anniversary series, but haven't thought of expanding to issues such as these.
Cheers,
Peter
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Hello Terry ... In doing research on the UNESCO gift stamps, I came across this thread. I don't know if anyone has given you more info, but I have found that the early 1951 through 1953 stamps do not have the name imprinted in the selvage. This came on the 2nd printings in 1954 through 1956. To complicate things, there are 3 issues that came out in 1955 and 1956 that still did not have the country imprinted.
I have seen articles saying that the imprinted names came from a booklet, but I believe they all came in a booklet regardless of printings - just some had clear selvage and others had the imprint.
I am still researching the stamps that came after 1956, so I cannot comment on those yet.
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So I have finally accumulated enough stamps and information to have a good idea as to what gift stamps were available, and when and how they were issued.
I believe all the stamps were issued in booklets with 4 to 18 pages of 10 stamps each (2 rows of 5 stamps). The 1951 through 1953 pages were slightly smaller and contained stamps with blank selvedges. Starting in 1954, the pages are slightly larger and have the country(s) names printed in the selvedge area of each stamp. The 1954 stamps were perfed 10.5 X 12. In 1955, 8 of the 10 stamp designs were re-released with 1 stamp issued with a denomination change, and 1 stamp with the countries changed. These were all perfed 10.5 X 10.5 in '55. After 1955, most stamps were issued again with blank selvedges with the exception of the 1958 Netherlands where the country name was printed; the 1960 olive and brown-orange stamps had the year printed; and the 1961 Workcamp stamps had "Workcamps" printed which incidentally was the only imperf stamp. The last 2 issues were in 1966 and were the only se-tenant pairs of stamps. There were 49 stamps issued in all.
So your stamps shown as 1953 stamps are either '54 or '55 depending upon their perfs. Your 1954 stamps are 1953 stamps except the Australia and US/Canada are correct. Your 1955 stamp for Australia and the stamp Netherlands/US/Canada placed marked are correct. Your 1955 Japan stamp should be the green one as the blue one is the 1956 issue.
I just wish my pages looked as nice as yours. I use Scott pages and never bought a printer large enough to print that size, so I hand draw every page. I'm glad I'm no longer the perfectionist I once was HAHA. Cheers.
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The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations. Its purpose is to contribute to peace and security by promoting international collaboration through education, science, and culture in order to further universal respect for justice, the rule of law, and human rights along with fundamental freedom proclaimed in the UN Charter.
There are nearly 200 member countries around the world, and there have been many stamps issued by those member nations relating to UNESCO. I started a topical collection around this area several years ago, beginning with the 20th anniversary of the founding of UNESCO and an associated topic concerning saving the Egyptian monuments when the Aswan Dam was built.
One of the very special items in my collection is a selection of United Nations Gift Stamps. I am missing one for completion. I have displayed the entire selection here for your viewing pleasure. I have quite a few duplicates for any of you who would like to add some of this collateral material to your own collections.
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12 Apr 2013
01:04:12pm
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What, no black helicopters ???
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12 Apr 2013
01:49:41pm
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Once again, Terry, a beautiful display!
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You might want to consider adding UNESCO heritage sites pictured on stamps. I recently saw one from I think Cambodia, on a maximum card. Real beautiful.
Ken S.
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The past is a foreign country, they do things different there.
07 Jul 2013
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Viewed with pleasure, Terry, thank you.
John Derry
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Very nicely laid out!
I have the omnibus Commonwealth UNESCO anniversary series, but haven't thought of expanding to issues such as these.
Cheers,
Peter
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03:26:51pm
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Hello Terry ... In doing research on the UNESCO gift stamps, I came across this thread. I don't know if anyone has given you more info, but I have found that the early 1951 through 1953 stamps do not have the name imprinted in the selvage. This came on the 2nd printings in 1954 through 1956. To complicate things, there are 3 issues that came out in 1955 and 1956 that still did not have the country imprinted.
I have seen articles saying that the imprinted names came from a booklet, but I believe they all came in a booklet regardless of printings - just some had clear selvage and others had the imprint.
I am still researching the stamps that came after 1956, so I cannot comment on those yet.
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So I have finally accumulated enough stamps and information to have a good idea as to what gift stamps were available, and when and how they were issued.
I believe all the stamps were issued in booklets with 4 to 18 pages of 10 stamps each (2 rows of 5 stamps). The 1951 through 1953 pages were slightly smaller and contained stamps with blank selvedges. Starting in 1954, the pages are slightly larger and have the country(s) names printed in the selvedge area of each stamp. The 1954 stamps were perfed 10.5 X 12. In 1955, 8 of the 10 stamp designs were re-released with 1 stamp issued with a denomination change, and 1 stamp with the countries changed. These were all perfed 10.5 X 10.5 in '55. After 1955, most stamps were issued again with blank selvedges with the exception of the 1958 Netherlands where the country name was printed; the 1960 olive and brown-orange stamps had the year printed; and the 1961 Workcamp stamps had "Workcamps" printed which incidentally was the only imperf stamp. The last 2 issues were in 1966 and were the only se-tenant pairs of stamps. There were 49 stamps issued in all.
So your stamps shown as 1953 stamps are either '54 or '55 depending upon their perfs. Your 1954 stamps are 1953 stamps except the Australia and US/Canada are correct. Your 1955 stamp for Australia and the stamp Netherlands/US/Canada placed marked are correct. Your 1955 Japan stamp should be the green one as the blue one is the 1956 issue.
I just wish my pages looked as nice as yours. I use Scott pages and never bought a printer large enough to print that size, so I hand draw every page. I'm glad I'm no longer the perfectionist I once was HAHA. Cheers.
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