Human Rights Declaration

U.N. New York, Page 58.1 (BL-1)

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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a key and somewhat a founding resolution of the U.N. Former U.S. First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt chaired the committee that wrote the document. All of the member states voted for the resolution, except for the Soviet Union and its affiliated countries. It’s believed that the Soviets didn’t approve because of language allowing people to leave any country in which they reside, as well as criticisms of countries that violate its citizens rights.

The articles are written on U.N. stamps – in English, French, and German– and can be found on upcoming pages of this album, and in the Geneva and Vienna albums. It starts with issuing of a souvenir sheets at all three post offices: at New York in English; at Geneva in French; and at Vienna in German.

Note

The stamps on this page are like the other ones of this time, monochrone with the same set of colors: varying shades of red, blue, green, and brown. They don’t follow a U.P.U. convention, though. And their design is fairly simple. But at least they didn’t produce several stamps each year and didn’t print an excessive number of them just to make money off of collectors.

Contains 11 spots: own 11 – 11 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

U.N. Commemoratives

1.1

✓

63

U.N. Symbol

4c (oct 1958) definitive, yellowish red

U.N. Economic & Social Council

2.1	✓	65	Economic & Social Council	4c (oct 1958) comm., dark bluish green
2.2	✓	66	Economic & Social Council	8c (oct 1958) comm., vermilion

Declaration of Human Rights

3.1	✓	67	Human Rights Declaration	4c (dec 1958) comm., yellow green
3.2	✓	68	Human Rights Declaration	8c (dec 1958) comm., reddish brown

U.N. Commemoratives

4.1	✓	69	U.N. Gen. Assembly 1946 - 50 Flushing, New York	4c (mar 1959) comm., lilac rose
4.2	✓	70	U.N. Gen. Assembly 1946 - 50 Flushing, New York	8c (mar 1959) comm., aquamarine

U.N. Air Mail

5.1	✓	C6	Airplane Wing & Globe	5c (feb 1959) air mail, rose red
5.2	✓	C7	U.N. Flag & Air Plane	7c (feb 1959) air mail, ultramarine

Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)

6.1	✓	71	Economic Commission for Europe	4c (may 1959) comm., blue
6.2	✓	72	Economic Commission for Europe	8c (may 1959) comm., red orange

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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