World Health Organization

U.N. New York, Page 56.1 (BL-1)

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The World Health Organization (WHO) is a U.N. agency that focuses on international public health. It was established on April 7, 1948, and basically succeeded the Health Organization of the League of Nations – along with a couple of other international agencies – which is partly why it’s headquarters are in Geneva. It wasn’t until 1951 when it received a significant amount of financial and other resources that it started becoming effective.

The purpose of the WHO is to promote health and safety around the world. It sets health standards, monitors world health issues, and provides a forum for related discussions on world health.

There are two stamps on this album page, near the bottom, that were issued on the eighth anniversary of the WHO. They’re the dark red and dark green ones with the Staff of Aesculapius (i.e., the snake wrapped around a stick).

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Although these stamps commemorate important agencies and prinicples, they’re pretty drab and boring. It won’t be until 1960 before they start issuing much nicer and more interesting stamp designs.

The problem I see with the U.N., in particular in the earlier days, is that they’re a huge organization of civil servants and diplomats. They have no citizens or true leaders. They’re all trying to be civil, polite, or do and say what they’re told by others. The result is that they often lack passion and thereby a sense of art.

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

Human Rights Day

1.1	✓	39	Human Rights Day	3c (dec 1955) comm., ultramarine
1.2	✓	40	Human Rights Day	8c (dec 1955) comm., dark olive green

Intl. Telecommunication Union

2.1	✓	41	Intl. Telecommunication Union	3c (feb 1956) comm., dark greenish blue
2.2	✓	42	Intl. Telecommunication Union	8c (feb 1956) comm., dark pink red

World Health Organization

3.1	✓	43	World Health Org.	3c (apr 1956) comm., dark turquoise blue
3.2	✓	44	World Health Org.	8c (apr 1956) comm., yellow brown

Declaration of Human Rights

4.1	✓	47	Human Rights Declaration	3c (dec 1956) comm., dark carmine
4.2	✓	48	Human Rights Declaration	8c (dec 1956) comm., dark blue

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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