Palais de Chailot

U.N. New York, Page 59.1 (BL-1)

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The Palais de Chaillot is located in front of the Eifel Tower, across the river. The stamps on the last row of this album page should the palace, including part of the bridge that crosses the Seine River to the tower.

The Palais de Chaillot was built for the World Fair of 1937 in Paris. Before the building of the U.N. World Headquarters, which started in 1948, was finished in 1952, the U.N. General Assembly had to meet elsewhere. For the third assembley in 1948, and the sixth in 1951, they met at the Palais de Chaillot. It was also the temporary location of the NATO headquarters from 1952 to 1959.

Note

This is a rather dull set of stamps, design and color wise. You’re probably getting tired of reading these comments. You may be wondering why I collect U.N. stamps if I don’t find the very interesting looking. They get better, though. More importantly, I like the idea of the U.N., the works they do and what they attempt to do – although they may not always be as effective as they try to be.

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

U.N. Trusteeship Council

1.1	✓	73	Trusteeship Council	4c (oct 1959) comm., bright red
1.2	✓	74	Trusteeship Council	8c (oct 1959) comm., dark olive green

U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees

2.1	✓	75	World Refugee Year	4c (dec 1959) comm., red & ochre brown
2.2	✓	76	World Refugee Year	8c (dec 1959) comm., turquoise & ochre

U.N. Economic Commission for Asia

3.1	✓	79	Economic Commission for Asia	4c (apr 1960) comm., multicolor
3.2	✓	80	Economic Commission for Asia	8c (apr 1960) comm., multicolor

U.N. Commemoratives

4.1	✓	77	Gen. Assembly 1946 & 51 Palais de Chailot, Paris	4c (feb 1960) comm., blue & red-lilac
4.2	✓	78	Gen. Assembly 1946 & 51 Palais de Chailot, Paris	8c (feb 1960) comm., dark green & red-brown

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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