Weather Watch
The first two stamps on the second row commemorate the World Weather Watch, an ongoing project of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), which was formed in 1950 and is headquartered in Geneva.
At the start, the WMO and participating countries used cooperation and coordinating of information primarily from obervations and through telecommunications technology to monitor weather and weather trends. In time, the use of land stations and weather vessels, along with meteorological ocean buoys and higher level air flights increased the amount of data it gathered regularly.
Starting in 1960, the creationg and launching of infrared observation satelites greatly improved weather monitoring by the WMO and other agencies. This began the WMO’s World Weather Watch Programme, which is instrumental and critical to daily operations and decision making for the world, the safety of millions and the global economy. sector of the global economy. A system of satelites that surround the globe monitor weather and climate conditions, providing data and analysis to governments, NGOs, businesses, and the public, to include severe weather advisories and warnings, and climate predictions for long-term planning and development.
Note
The two stamps on the top of this album page commemorate the World Bank. I don’t have any page that talks about it. Maybe I’ll add one somewhere.
The two stamps at the end of the second row commemorate the tenth anniversary of the U.N. offices in Vienna. See the Donaupark page in the Vienna album.
The last stamp on this page commemorates the U.N. Peacekeeping being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. See the Nobel Prizes page, also in the Vienna album, for more on this and other Nobel prizes the U.N. won.
Contains 7 spots: own 7 – 7 unused, 0 used.
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Album or Web Page Last changed Jun 22, 2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
✓ |
173 |
0.80 (jan 1989) |
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✓ |
174 |
1.40 (jan 1989) |
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✓ |
176 |
0.90 (apr 1989) |
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✓ |
177 |
1.10 (apr 1989) |
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✓ |
178 |
0.50 (aug 1989) |
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✓ |
179 |
2 (aug 1989) |
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✓ |
175 |
Nobel Peace Prize |
0.90 (mar 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.
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.
