Better Environment

U.N. New York, Page 91.1 (BL-1)

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The U.N. Economic Commission for Europe is a regional commission of the U.N. (see the Econ. Comm. for Europe album page). It was formed in 1947, with its first tasks to help with the rebuilding of European countries after World War II.

Starting in 1971, one of the focuses of UNECE has been the environment. They seek to reduce pollution, use of natural resources more responsibly. They try to integrate or balance social policies with environmental policies – while at the same time continuing to improve the economic growth of European countries. The set of four stamps in the center of this album page was issued to bring attention to this area of concern, with the sub-title of For a better environment.

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On the top row of this album page are two stamps celebrating the new country, Namibia. You can read more about this on an earlier album page: Namibia, Africa.

The set of four environmental stamps vaguely related to the Economic Commission for Europe are the first of many such issues, not only in Geneva and Vienna, but in New York. I think it’s an excuse to print stamps of animals, which people like – kids and topical collectors in particular – as a scheme to sell more stamps.

The two stamps on the sides of the set of stamps are reprints of two of the first stamps of the U.N. (see The Beginning) to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the U.N. Postal Administration.

On the bottom row is a very nice stamp showing the U.N. headquarters in New York. See the U.N. Skyline album page for more on the U.N. complex. The other two stamps on that bottom row are related to the Rights of Children. See the Child Rights for more on that.

Contains 15 spots: own 15 – 15 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
1.1	✓	588	Namibian Independence	30c (may 1991) comm., multicolor
1.2	✓	590	U.N. Flag	30c (sep 1991) definitive, multicolor
1.3	✓	589	Namibian Independence	50c (may 1991) comm., multicolor
2.1	✓	597	U.N. Post Office	30c (oct 1991) comm., carmine & pink
2.2	✓	598	U.N. Post Office	40c (oct 1991) comm., brown violet
3.1	✓	584	Economic Commmission for Europe	30c (mar 1991) comm., multicolor
3.2	✓	585	Economic Commmission for Europe	30c (mar 1991) comm., multicolor
3.3	✓	586	Economic Commmission for Europe	30c (mar 1991) comm., multicolor
3.4	✓	587	Economic Commmission for Europe	30c (mar 1991) comm., multicolor
4.1	✓	595	Banning of Chemical Weapons	30c (sep 1991) comm., multicolor
4.2	✓	591	Diversity of People	50c (sep 1991) definitive, multicolor
4.3	✓	596	Banning of Chemical Weapons	90c (sep 1991) comm., multicolor
5.1	✓	593	Rights of the Child	30c (jun 1991) comm., multicolor
5.2	✓	592	U.N. Headquarters	2$ (may 1991) definitive, dark blue
5.3	✓	594	Rights of the Child	70c (jun 1991) 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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