Peace Bell

U.N. Geneva, Page UNG-2004.2 (BL-2)

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The stamp at the center of this album page depicts the Japanese Peace Bell, a Budhist temple bell. It’s located in the Japanese garden at the United Nations headquarters in New York. This bell is rung ceremonially twice a year: it’s rung, usually by the Secretary General, at a ceremony for the International Day of Peace at the start of the general assembley; and again in March on Earth Day.

In 1951, a member of the Japanese delegation, Chiyoji Nakagawa had the idea of making the bell. For the metals he asked U.N. delegates to donate coins and other items containing copper, brass, and any suitable metals to be melted for making the bell. He recieved coins, badges, bullets, and other items from U.N. representatives of over sixty countries, including gold coins from the Pope and the Vatican. It wasn’t enough, though, so Nakagawa traveled the world, collecting more from the general public. When he had enough, the bell was cast.

Note

The design of the peace bell stamp is nice: it’s not like a photograph; it’s playful with the bamboo frame. It has a Japanese feel and a sense of peace about it. Generally, I like stamps that have a classic accurate drawing. If they’re to be something else, I prefer this style – whatever they call this.

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
1.1	✓	423	Road Safety	0.85 (apr 2004) comm., multicolor
1.2	✓	424	Road Safety	1 (apr 2004) comm., multicolor
1.3	✓	433	Intl. Olympic Committee	180 (nov 2004) comm., multicolor
2.1	✓	429	Dream of Peace	0.85 (sep 2004) comm., multicolor
2.2	✓	425	Japanese Peace Bell	1.30 (jun 2004) comm., multicolor
2.3	✓	430	Dream of Peace	1.20 (sep 2004) comm., multicolor
3.1	✓	431	Human Rights	0.85 (oct 2004) comm., multicolor
3.2	✓	432	Human Rights	1.30 (oct 2004) 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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