World Communications
In 1983, the top stamp was issued to commemorate the World Communications Year. It was meant to bring attention to the fact that inadequate communications is a hindrance to economic and social progress for many countries. It was the hope that a world communications network might be delveloped so that no one is isolated from the international community.
The world wide web was started six years later, and accessible by the public in 1993. Also, in the 1980s and early 1990s, email was made available to the public. In recent years, basic mobile telephones and communications services are sold at a low cost so that most people are now part of local and international communications. I don’t know how much the World Communications Year helped, but its goals were achieved eventually.
Note
The two stamps at the beginning of the second row are meant to bring attention to efforts for safer maritine activities. See the Secure Seas page for more information on that issue.
The two at the end of the same row are for the U.N. Conference on Trade and Development. See the Trade & Development page.
For information on the stamps on the third row, see World Food.
The pair on the bottom row are about the U.N. Declaration of Human rights. There are many album pages about it, but to start see Human Rights Decree.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
✓ |
30 |
4s (jan 1983) |
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✓ |
31 |
4s (mar 1983) |
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✓ |
32 |
6s (mar 1983) |
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✓ |
35 |
4s (jun 1983) |
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✓ |
36 |
8.50s (jun 1983) |
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✓ |
33 |
5s (apr 1983) |
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✓ |
34 |
7s (apr 1983) |
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✓ |
37 |
5s (dec 1983) |
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✓ |
38 |
7s (dec 1983) |
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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