Thanksgiving
In late November 1997, the United Nations, at the General Assembly met and voted on this resolution:
Resolution 52/16
The General Assembly, Recalling Economic and Social Council resolution 1997/46 of 22 July 1997, Proclaims the year 2000 as the International Year of Thanksgiving.
That’s all of the text of the resolution.
The agreement doesn’t elaborate on what’s to be done as a result of the resolution, just to proclaim that in two years the international community will be thankful. They don’t even say for what they will be grateful – not even a que for people to take time to think about for what they are thankful.
In mid January 1998, they adopted this resolution, which would not take effect until January 2000. In that month, they issued the first stamp on this album page to celebrate the year of thanksgiving.
At the core, the U.N. is very much a bureaucratic organization run by civil servants. This resolution is a demonstration of that.
Note
There seems to be a red theme for stamps this year – at least for most of these. Reds and oranges are used often in art for excitement and anger. I guess they’re excited about the fifty-fifth anniversary and angry about the suffering of refugees.
Contains 10 spots: own 10 – 10 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 |
International Year of Thanksgiving
✓ |
351 |
0.90 (jan 2000) |
Other
✓ |
356 |
0.90 (may 2000) |
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✓ |
357 |
1.10 (may 2000) |
United Nations Anniversary
✓ |
358 |
0.90 (jul 2000) |
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✓ |
365 |
0.80 (nov 2000) |
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✓ |
359 |
1.40 (jul 2000) |
Endangered Species
✓ |
352 |
0.90 (apr 2000) |
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✓ |
353 |
Coscoroba Swan |
0.90 (apr 2000) |
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✓ |
354 |
0.90 (apr 2000) |
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✓ |
355 |
0.90 (apr 2000) |
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.
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