World Food
The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization is another specialized agency of the U.N. It was started in 1945 with the mission to try to defeat hunger, as well as improve nutrition and food security. Their headquarters is currently in Rome, Italy.
The FAO coordinates government and non-governmental organizations with activies that hopefully improve agricultre, fisheries, land and water resources, as well as forestry. It does researcch and assists wherever it can in these areas, including education, training, and related data analysis.
The top two stamps, which have a unique and nice design, are meant to promote the work of the FAO. Four other stamps were issued in this series: see the corresponding New York and Vienna pages.
Note
The outer stamps on the second row of this album page commemmorate two UNESCO World Heritage Sites: Valletta in Malta; and Los Glaciares National Park in Argentina. For more on such sites, see the UNESCO page in the New York album.
The stamps on the third row call for the protection of refugees and commemorate the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. See the Protect Refugees page for more on that.
Contains 8 spots: own 8 – 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
✓ |
122 |
World Food Day |
0.50 (mar 1984) |
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✓ |
123 |
World Food Day |
0.80 (mar 1984) |
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✓ |
124 |
World Heritage Sites |
0.50 (apr 1984) |
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✓ |
121 |
1.20 (feb 1984) |
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✓ |
125 |
World Heritage Sites |
0.70 (apr 1984) |
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✓ |
126 |
0.35 (may 1984) |
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✓ |
127 |
1.50 (may 1984) |
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✓ |
128 |
1.20 (nov 1984) |
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.
