World Health Day

U.N. New York, Page 72.1 (BL-1)

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World Health Day is an annual health awareness day organized by the World Health Organization (WHO), a U.N. agency that focuses on international public health. It’s one of eleven official health campaigns of the WHO.

The WHO was established in April 1948, and basically succeeded the Health Organization of the League of Nations – along with a couple of other international agencies. It wasn’t until 1951 when it received a significant amont 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.

Note

The first stamp on the second row of this album page, the one with the Leonardo da Vinci drawing, is meant to bring attention to World Health Day. The letters are kind of small, so it probably didn’t generate too much attention.

Contains 12 spots: own 12 – 12 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	✓	226	Letter Changing Hands	95c (jan 1972) definitive, multicolor
2.1	✓	228	World Health Day, 1972 Leonardo da Vinci Drawing	15c (apr 1972) comm., multicolor
2.2	✓	227	Nuclear Weapons Non-Prolification	8c (feb 1972) comm., multicolor
2.3	✓	231	European Commission for Europe	21c (sep 1972) comm., multicolor
3.1	✓	C16	Birds in Flight	11c (may 1972) air mail, multicolor
3.2	✓	C15	Spirograph Wing	9c (may 1972) air mail, multicolor
3.3	✓	C18	UN and Plane	21c (may 1972) air mail, multicolor
4.1	✓	229	Human Environment	8c (jun 1972) comm., multicolor
4.2	✓	C17	Clouds	17c (may 1972) air mail, multicolor
4.3	✓	230	Human Environment	15c (jun 1972) comm., multicolor

U.N. Art

5.1	✓	232	Five Continents Jose Maria Sert	8c (nov 1972) comm., multicolor
5.2	✓	233	Five Continents Jose Maria Sert	15c (nov 1972) 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.

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