Habitation Year
The U.N. Human Settlements Programme was started in 1977 for improving and building human settlements and sustainable urban development. In 1976, the Programme had its first conference, known as Habitat I in Vancouver, Canada.
As somewhat of a continuation or revitalization of Habitat I, 1987 was declared the International Year of Shelter for the Homeless. It’s goal was to improve housing for the poor in developing countries in general, and the homeless in particular.
The Habitat II conference was held in 1996 at Istanbul. You can read more about it on a later page: see Habitat II.
Note
The first stamp on the second row depicts Trygve Lie, the first Secretary General of the U.N. See the Trygve Lie page for more on him. The stamp at the end of the second row shows a bit of the outside of the U.N. offices in Geneva. See the Geneva Office page for more on it.
The two outer stamps on the last row were issued in celebration of U.N. Day. You can read about it on the U.N. Day page.
Contains 11 spots: own 11 – 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
✓ |
154 |
0.50 (mar 1987) |
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✓ |
155 |
0.90 (mar 1987) |
|||
✓ |
151 |
Trygve Lie |
1.40 (jan 1987) |
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✓ |
152 |
0.90 (jan 1987) |
|||
✓ |
153 |
1.40 (jan 1987) |
|||
✓ |
156 |
0.80 (jun 1987) |
|||
✓ |
160 |
0.90 (nov 1987) |
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✓ |
157 |
1.20 (jun 1987) |
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✓ |
158 |
0.35 (oct 1987) |
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✓ |
161 |
1.70 (nov 1987) |
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✓ |
159 |
0.50 (oct 1987) |
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.
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