Sea Conference
The U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea is an international treaty providing laws for marine and maritime actions. So far, one-hundred sixty-nine countries are members, but not the U.S. – I’m not sure why. Several conferences were held to determine many legal issues and agreed upon methods of handling maritine activities.
The third Conference on the Law of the Sea was held in 1973. The stamp in the middle of the third row of this album page is meant to bring attention to that conference, which lasted for a few years. As part of it, they outlined jurisdiction at sea, including how far offshore is still the territorial waters of a country, and how far out is considered international waters and high seas, and other such things.
Note
Some U.N. stamps like the one in the middle of the third row for the Law of the Sea are made quickly, not too long after some event happens. That may be why they have a simpler design. It takes the U.N. a long time to do things. They can rush if the results are allowed to be simple.
Contains 9 spots: own 9 – 9 unused, 0 used.
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Album or Web Page Last changed Jun 11, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
✓ |
37 |
Intl. Labor Organization |
0.60 (jan 1974) |
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✓ |
38 |
Intl. Labor Organization |
0.80 (jan 1974) |
||
✓ |
39 |
Universal Postal Union |
0.30 (mar 1974) |
||
✓ |
40 |
Universal Postal Union |
0.60 (mar 1974) |
||
✓ |
41 |
Peace Mural |
0.60 (may 1974) |
||
✓ |
45 |
Law of the Sea |
1.30 (nov 1974) |
||
✓ |
42 |
Peace Mural |
1 (may 1974) |
||
✓ |
43 |
0.60 (oct 1974) |
|||
✓ |
44 |
0.80 (oct 1974) |
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.
