Indigenous People
In 2009, the U.N. issued a commemorative sheet of six stamps depicting indigenous people from around the world, one sheet for each of the three post offices – for a total of eighteen unique stamps in the series.
There are almost four-hundred million indigenous people in about ninty countries. Each people have distinct cultures with diverse backgrounds. However, it’s difficult for them to preserve their ways of life and to keep traditional lands. The designer of these stamps, Stephen Bennett tried to show that “every single person is of indispensable importance and radiant with astonishing beauty.”
Note
I’m not sure I like the artist’s decision to give the images irrdescent, odd colors. There’s probably an artist reason for that, but I don’t get it.
To see the other stamps, go to the U.N. Economic & Social and the U.N. Economic & Social pages.
Contains 6 spots: own 6 – 6 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 |
Indigenous People
✓ |
997a |
44 (oct 2009) |
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✓ |
997b |
44 (oct 2009) |
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✓ |
997c |
44 (oct 2009) |
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✓ |
997d |
44 (oct 2009) |
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✓ |
997e |
44 (oct 2009) |
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✓ |
997f |
44 (oct 2009) |
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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