Volunteers

U.N. Vienna, Page UNV 2001.1 (BL-3)

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The square shaped stamps on each end of the middle row of this album page are meant to commemorate the U.N. Volunteers program. In 1961, U.S. President John Kennedy established the Peace Corps as an organization of U.S. volunteers working abroad to help those in need – in particular in developing health resources and education – and to promote peace amongst countries. From there an international version was formed a year later. In 1968, speaking at Harvard University, the last Shah of Iran proposed the establishment of a U.N. Volunteers program, which was formed in 1970.

The program now involves about ten-thousand volunteers who help to organize elections and provide support for many peacekeeping and humanitarian projects. In fact, they account for about a third of the civilians working in UN peacekeeping operations.

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The stamp showing the U.N. flag in the middle of the second row is meant to commemorate the U.N. and Kofi Anan receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in 2001. More information on that can be found in New York album, on the Nobel Peace Prize page.

Contains 11 spots: own 11 – 11 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	✓	297	Climate Change	7 (nov 2001) comm., multicolor
1.2	✓	298	Climate Change	7 (nov 2001) comm., multicolor
1.3	✓	299	Climate Change	7 (nov 2001) comm., multicolor
1.4	✓	300	Climate Change	7 (nov 2001) comm., multicolor
2.1	✓	288	Volunteers	10 (mar 2001) comm., multicolor
2.2	✓	301	Nobel Prize	7 (dec 2001) comm., multicolor
2.3	✓	289	Volunteers	12 (mar 2001) comm., multicolor

Endangered Species

3.1	✓	284	Spectacled Bear	7 (feb 2001) comm., multicolor
3.2	✓	285	Laysan Duck Anas laysanensis	7 (feb 2001) comm., multicolor
4.1	✓	286	Aardwolf	7 (feb 2001) comm., multicolor
4.2	✓	287	Silvered Langur	7 (feb 2001) 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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