Human Rights: Art. 3 & 4
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a core resolution of the U.N. These stamps contain excerpts from Articles 3 and 4 – in English, French, and German. Below is the complete text from those two articles:
Article 3
Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.
Article 4
No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.
Note
The painting shown on the top set of stamps is called, Young Mother Sewing. It was painted by Mary Cassatt, an American artist. On the second set of stamps is of a sculture called, The Unknown Slave. It was sculpted by Albert Mangonès of Haiti.
Contains 2 spots: own 2 – 2 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 |
Declaration of Human Rights
✓ |
180 |
Young Mother Sewing |
0.35 (nov 1989) |
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✓ |
181 |
The Unknown Slave |
0.80 (nov 1989) |
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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