Endangered Species Trade

U.N. New York, Page 94.2 (BL-1)

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The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) was formed in 1973. It’s a treaty for make sure that international trade doesn’t threaten the survival of species of wild animals and plants. The primary major threat of endangered plants and animals is destruction of their habitats. The second major threat is unrestricted exploitation.

The set of four stamps showing images of annimals and birds are meant to make the public aware of the various species that are protected by the treaties of CITES. This is the second set of such stamps in a series issued over multiple years at all three U.N. post offices.

Note

The first set of stamps are colorful and interesting. They’re well done. The second set of stamps are related to the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction. They’re poorly designed and not very colorful. I realize they’re about unplesant events, but this gloomy design doesn’t make people want to use the stamps, for recipients to look closely at the stamps and wonder.

Nothing is learned or promoted by these stamps. The U.N. has issued many stamps with such minimal and unattractive design style. If it weren’t for their many good and interesting programs, as well as many stamps that are were designed, I probably would be deterred from collecting them.

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

Endangered Species

1.1	✓	639	Chimpanzee	29c (mar 1994) comm., multicolor
1.2	✓	640	St. Lucia Amazon Amazona Versicolor	29c (mar 1994) comm., multicolor
2.1	✓	641	American Crocodile	29c (mar 1994) comm., multicolor
2.2	✓	642	Dama Gazelle	29c (mar 1994) comm., multicolor
3.1	✓	647	Natural Disaster Reduction	29c (may 1994) comm., multicolor
3.2	✓	648	Natural Disaster Reduction	29c (may 1994) comm., multicolor
4.1	✓	649	Natural Disaster Reduction	29c (may 1994) comm., multicolor
4.2	✓	650	Natural Disaster Reduction	29c (may 1994) 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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