Earth Summit
The first set of stamps on this page commemorate the Earth Summit in 1992 that was held in Rio de Janeiro. That summit was meant to build cooperation among member states regarding environmental concerns such as pollution and toxic waste, climate changes, using alternative sources of energy, encouraging public transportation, availability of clean water, and protecting oceans from pollution and other abuses. Related to the clean oceans aspect, the vertical set of stamps with the caption Clean Oceans, was issued from each U.N. post office.
Following the Earth Summit, because of disccussions related to keeping the oceans clean, the United Nations-Oceans was formed. It’s an inter-agency program to coordinate efforts related to protecting oceans. This also included forming the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, which educates member states on international laws related to the oceans and seas.
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I don’t particularly like this style of art, psychedelic. It has a look that I often saw in the 1970s, so its dated for the 1990s. They seem to like it and the same artist – Peter Max Finkelstein from Berlin. They had him design three sets of stamps for the summit: see the New York Earth Summit and the Vienna Clean Seas pages.
Finkelstein also designed a stamp for the U.S. in 1974 for the World’s Fair. See the middle of the Frost page in my U.S. album. That one was appropriate for its time and was very popular. I think I had a copy of it on my bedroom wall when I was a kid.
Contains 6 spots: own 6 – 6 unused, 0 used.
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Stamp Details
The table below lists information about the stamps shown on this page of Lighthouse’s stamp album. For more details about a particular stamp, click on its description. That will take you to the related web page of Colnect.
spot |
own |
catalog |
subject |
description |
comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
✓ |
216 |
0.75 (may 1992) |
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✓ |
217 |
0.75 (may 1992) |
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✓ |
218 |
0.75 (may 1992) |
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✓ |
219 |
0.75 (may 1992) |
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✓ |
214 |
0.80 (mar 1992) |
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✓ |
215 |
0.80 (mar 1992) |
Footnotes
Spot refers to the postion of the stamp on the album page (e.g., 3.2 indicates row 3, position 2).
Amt. is an abbreviation for the face amount of the stamp.
Own indicates the stamp status: ✓ for unused; ✗ for used or canceled; ⭑ signifies I ordered one; ; ✨ indicates it was bought recently; ✠ means an auction bid is pending; and ◎ is used, and it costs too much for unused.
To search by catalog number, go to the search box and enter it in the catalog number box. However, it’s a bit broken; I need to fix it.
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