Intl. Reconstruction Bank

The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development is part of the World Bank. It loans money to member states, specifically middle-income developing countries. For poorer countries, the International Development Association of the World Bank lends and grants money to them.

The IBRD was particular instrumental in the reconstruction of Europe and Asia after World War II, providing funds for infrastructure, education, health care, sanitation, as well as food crops and water purification.

Note

These stamps have a fairly simple design and are colorful. Like the ones printed in the U.S. at this time, they’re starting to issue multi-color stamps. I particularly like the one in the middle of the third row showing several flags. It’s a modern design without much detail, but it’s still nice looking because it’s so colorful.

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

World Forestry Congress

1.1	✓	81	World Forestry Congress	4c (aug 1960) comm., multicolor
1.2	✓	82	World Forestry Congress	8c (aug 1960) comm., multicolor

Intl. Bank for Reconstruction & Dev.

2.1	✓	86	Intl. Bank for Construction	4c (dec 1960) comm., multicolor
2.2	✓	87	Intl. Bank for Construction	8c (dec 1960) comm., multicolor

Intl. Court of Justice

2.3	✓	88	Intl. Court of Justice	4c (feb 1961) comm., multicolor
2.4.	✓	89	Intl. Court of Justice	8c (feb 1961) comm., multicolor

Intl. Monetary Fund

3.1	✓	90	Intl. Monetary Fund	4c (apr 1961) comm., turquoise blue
3.2	✓	92	Colorful Flags To unite our strength…	30c (jun 1961) definitive, multicolor
3.3	✓	91	Intl. Monetary Fund	7c (apr 1961) comm.,

United Nations Anniversary

4.1	✓	83	U.N. Fifteenth Anniversary	4c (oct 1960) comm., blue
4.2	✓	84	U.N. Fifteenth Anniversary	8c (oct 1960) comm., grey

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.