Education for Progress

U.N. New York, Page 64.2 (BL-1)

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The U.N. Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization, known as UNESCO, is an agency whose mandate is to promote international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture in the hopes for improving global security and peace as a result. The concepts of this agency began in 1922 as part of the League of Nations – with the agency’s precessar, International Committee on Intellectual Cooperation.

The stamps on the second row of this album show a person – maybe a teacher or maybe a child – writing with chalk on a board, symbolizing education. The caption says, Education for Progress. That’s very much the theme of UNESCO. I agree with them that many of the world’s problems – wars, conflicts, as well as illnesses – can be solved with education. Education is necessary for making progress in these areas.

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Confronting problems, facing difficult truths is very much part of finding solutions and making progress in the world and a core principle of the U.N. However, I don’t like stamps with uncomfortable images like the one of a mushroom cloud from a nuclear bomb exploding, or the two on the third row related to controling narcotics. I prefer more positive images.

Contains 10 spots: own 10 – 10 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	✓	133	Cessation of Nuclear Testing	5c (oct 1964) comm., dark brown & red
2.1	✓	134	Education for Progress	4c (dec 1964) comm., multicolor
2.2	✓	135	Education for Progress	5c (dec 1964) comm., multicolor
2.3	✓	136	Education for Progress	11c (dec 1964) comm., multicolor
3.1	✓	131	Control Narcotics	5c (sep 1964) comm., black & rose red
3.2	✓	132	Control Narcotics	11c (sep 1964) comm., black & emerald
4.1	✓	137	Special Developement Fund	5c (jan 1965) comm., multicolor
4.2	✓	138	Special Developement Fund	11c (jan 1965) comm., multicolor
5.1	✓	139	Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus	5c (apr 1965) comm., multicolor
5.2	✓	140	Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus	11c (apr 1965) 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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