Rights of Children

U.N. Geneva, Page UNG-91.1 (BL-2)

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The first two stamps on this album page are meant to promote UNICEF (see UNICEF) and the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child, which is an international treaty on protecting and respecting the rights of children in the world.

Coming primarily from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (see Human Rights Decree), these rights are often grouped into three categories:

• Provision: Children have the right to life, a healthy diet, health care, proper shelter, education, to recreation.

• Protection: Children have the right to protection from discrimination, neglect, abuse, and exploitation, as well good a safe environment in which to live, learn, play, and generally grow – with adjustments for changes natural to their development.

• Participation: Children have the right to participate and have input in communities in general, and communities particularly involving other children to include play and social skill development, as well as access to libraries, museums and other education facilities.

Note

The set of four stamps in the middle showing an impossible scene of many animals converged in a tight space living harmoniously, is promoting the U.N. Economic Commission for Europe in relation to the environment. That probably sounds confusing – which it is – so see Better Environment to understand better.

The two stamps on the sides of the set of nature stamps are reprints of two of the first stamps of the U.N. (see The Beginning) to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the U.N. Postal Administration.

The two outer stamps on the last row commemorate the new country of Namibia. See the Namibia, Africa page for more on it.

Contains 14 spots: own 14 – 14 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
1.1	✓	203	Rights of the Child	0.80 (jun 1991) comm., multicolor
1.2	✓	204	Rights of the Child	1.10 (jun 1991) comm., multicolor
2.1	✓	195	Horned Owl, Herring Gull	0.90 (mar 1991) comm., multicolor
2.2	✓	196	Stoat, Bearded Reedling	0.90 (mar 1991) comm., multicolor
3.1	✓	197	Mute Swan, N. Birch Mouse	0.90 (mar 1991) comm., multicolor
3.2	✓	198	Crested Grebe, Merganser, etc.	0.90 (mar 1991) comm., multicolor
4.1	✓	207	U.N. Postal Admin.	0.50 (oct 1991) definitive, ultramarine & violet
4.2	✓	208	U.N. Postal Admin.	1.60 (oct 1991) comm., dark and grey blue
5.1	✓	205	Banning of Chemical Weapons	0.80 (sep 1991) comm., multicolor
5.2	✓	201	U.N. Emblem: Voting	0.80 (may 1991) definitive, multicolor
5.3	✓	206	Banning of Chemical Weapons	1.40 (sep 1991) comm., multicolor
6.1	✓	199	Namibia	0.70 (may 1991) comm., multicolor
6.2	✓	202	U.N. Symbol	1.50 (may 1991) definitive, multicolor
6.3	✓	200	Namibia	0.90 (may 1991) comm., multicolor

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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