Description
The UNPA commemorates the seventieth anniversary of guided tours at United Nations Headquarters in New York with the issuance of a special event sheet of 10 stamps in the denomination of $1.40. The sheet features photos of the United Nations premises, the guided tours, and the tour guides who worked there throughout the years.
The background features a portrait of Mrs. Oxana Gaertner, a staff member of the Guided Tour Service at United Nations Headquarters. Credit: UN Photo/Albert Fox.
THE STAMPS
Photos from left row top to bottom:
1. Guided Tour Service at United Nations Headquarters. Credit: UN Photo.
2. Guided Tour Service at United Nations Headquarters. Credit: UN Photo.
3. Security Council Meets on Cuba. Credit: UN Photo/MH.
4. United Nations General Assembly Building. Credit: UN Photo/MB.
5. Guided tour service at United Nations. Credit: UN Photo/MB.
Photos from right row top to bottom:
1. Secretary-General Hammarskjöld’s Installation. Credit: UN Photo.
2. The United Nations Cherry Trees. Credit:UN Photo/Albert Fox.
3. Guided Tour Service at United Nations Headquarters. Credit: UN Photo/HdeC.
4. Visitors to the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Credit: UN Photo/TW.
5. United Nations Headquarters. Credit: UN Photo/Teddy Chen.
Designer: Sergio Baradat (United Nations)
Stamp size:29.8 mm x 29.8 mm
Tab size: 26.6 mm x 29.8 mm
Sheet size:279.4 mm x 215.9 mm
Printing quantity: 7,000 sheets
These special event sheets may be personalized with a photograph replacing the tabs featuring the UN logo. Customers with standing orders for New York special event sheets (Art. 94) will automatically receive this item through their accounts.
