Interparliamentary Union

U.N. Geneva, Page UNG-2003.2 (BL-2)

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The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) was founded in 1889 as an organization or forum of representatives from all parliaments in the world. In a sense, it was in part a predecessor to the League of Nations and the United Nations, but it continues today. It has permanent observer status at the U.N. While initially it was only for governments with parliaments, it now includes legislatures from other forms of governments. Almost all countries in the world are members, but not the United States

At the IPU, many international laws have been negotiated and several international institutions confer — such as with the Permanent Court of Arbitration. The IPU focus in particular is on peace and the wellbeing of all peoples of the world. In fact, eight of its leaders were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Note

The stamp commemorating the Inter-Parliamentary Union is the one in the middle of the page, in the middle of the second row. It shows the Villa Gardiol in Geneva, the headquarters for the IPU since 1921.

Another stamp on this album page worth noticing is the one of Ralph Bunche. A description of this key person from the beginnning of the U.N. is described on the Ralph Bunche page in the Vienna album.

Contains 9 spots: own 9 – 9 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

Clean Water & Seas

1.1	✓	411	Intl. Year of Freshwater	0.70 (jun 2003) comm., multicolor
1.2	✓	412	Intl. Year of Freshwater	1.30 (jun 2003) comm., multicolor
2.1	✓	413	Ralph Bunche	1.80 (aug 2003) comm., multicolor
2.2	✓	406	Villa Gardiol	0.90 (feb 2003) comm., multicolor
2.3	✓	414	Bombing of U.N. in Baghdad	0.85 (oct 2003) comm., multicolor

Endangered Species

3.1	✓	407	Red-Breasted Goose Branta ruficollis	0.90 (apr 2003) comm., multicolor
3.2	✓	408	Southern Bald Ibis Geronticus calvus	0.90 (apr 2003) comm., multicolor
4.1	✓	409	Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor	0.90 (apr 2003) comm., multicolor
4.2	✓	410	Channel-Billed Toucan Ramphastos vitellinus	0.90 (apr 2003) 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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