Indigenous Art

U.N. Vienna, Page UNV 2003.1 (BL-3)

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The theme of this series of stamps is indigenous art. The plan is for each U.N. post office location to issue sheets of six unique stamps each, for a total of eighteen stamps. For the first set, the focus is on the art of Latin America and the Caribbean.

The first stamp here shows a mola, a textile of the Guna people in Panama showing two pelicans. The second stamp is a container made like stirrup, but the design is of a llama from Peru. The next is a woven cloth from the Tarabucan of Bolivia. The first stamp on the second row shows mask from Havana, Cuba. Next to that is a stamp of an Aztec priest feather headdress from Mexico. Last is a wooden staff in the shape of a bird from Colombia.

For more of these stamps depicting indigenous art from South America and surrounding area, see the New York (2003.1) and the Geneva (UNG-2003.1) albums. There are also stamps in this album of indigenous art from Europe and North Africa.

Note

I like the stamps of endangered species – especially when they show pictures of birds. This batch has a stamp showing an Hadada Ibis from sub-Sahara Africa. They have mostly brown feathers with some green, making it seem iridescent. During breeding months, the bill of the males are partially red – on the upper part, the culmen. I’d love to see one of them. I saw a flock of African Sacred Ibis in a rice field when I was riding my bike outside Milan. They were spectacular. They aren’t normally this far north – or outside of Africa – but they seemed to have managed to cover Italy and the west coast of France.

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

Indigenous Art

1.1	✓	326a	Embroidered Fabric - Guatemala	0.51 (jan 2003) comm., multicolor
1.2	✓	326b	Mochican Vessel of a Llama - Peru	0.51 (jan 2003) comm., multicolor
1.3	✓	326c	Tarabuco Woven Cloth - Bolivia	0.51 (jan 2003) comm., multicolor
2.1	✓	326d	Masks at Havana Marketplace - Cuba	0.51 (jan 2003) comm., multicolor
2.2	✓	326e	Headdress of Aztec Priest - Mexico	0.51 (jan 2003) comm., multicolor
2.3	✓	326f	Bird-Shaped Staff Head - Colombia	0.51 (jan 2003) comm., multicolor

Endangered Species

3.1	✓	329	Baikal Teal Anas formosa	0.51 (apr 2003) comm., multicolor
3.2	✓	330	Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash	0.51 (apr 2003) comm., multicolor
4.1	✓	331	Common Toucan Ramphastos toco	0.51 (apr 2003) comm., multicolor
4.2	✓	332	Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiacus	0.51 (apr 2003) 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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