Air Mail

U.N. New York, Page 64.1 (BL-1)

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Almost all of these stamps are air mail stamps. To me, that’s a little odd for the U.N. to specify and charge for air mail service. There are no airplanes or airports on U.N. grounds, at the U.N. headquarters. I guess you’re paying to get in on U.S. air mail service: they transport a sack of airmail posted envelopes to one of the airports in New York and give it to a U.S. postal distribution facility there for them to put on a plane to go wherever? Still, unless you’re mailing to somewhere in the U.S., all letters regardless of postage paid will go by air.

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Although I think the air mail designation for U.N. mail is pointless and usually redundant, I do like the look of these stamps. I particularly like the first two on the second row. They’re cheery, and the colors are not primary or standard colors. They have subtle and soft colors, while still being bright.

Contains 9 spots: own 9 – 9 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	✓	C8	Outer Space	6c (jun 1963) air mail, multicolor
1.2	✓	C10	Peacock	13c (jun 1963) air mail, multicolor
2.1	✓	C9	Symbol of Letters	8c (jun 1963) air mail, multicolor
2.2	✓	C12	Letter with Plane	25c (may 1964) air mail, multicolor
2.3	✓	C11	Bird	15c (may 1964) air mail, multicolor
3.1	✓	125	U.N. Charter Preamble	2c (may 1964) definitive, multicolor
3.2	✓	126	UN Flower	7c (may 1964) definitive, multicolor
3.3	✓	127	Three People	10c (may 1964) definitive, multicolor
4.1	✓	128	Pigeon on Globe	50c (mar 1964) definitive, 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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