Hello Kitty Postage Stamps

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Hello Kitty and Global Goals stamps will not be available online. To place an order for these stamps, please contact:
UNPA Office in New York by email at unpanyinquiries@un.org or by phone at +1 800 234 8672
UNPA Office in Vienna by email at UNPA-Europe@un.org or by phone at + 43 1 26060 4032 or 4025

On 19 March 2020, UNPA will issue a set of six mini-sheets featuring Hello Kitty and the Global Goals, also known as the Sustainable Development Goals. The self-adhesive stamps are blank with several Hello Kitty elements in the tab, which can be incorporated on the stamps, creating their own personal designs.

The United Nations and Sanrio Co. Ltd., launched a strategic collaboration to promote the Sustainable Development Goals. Through the collaboration, Hello Kitty highlights six of the 17 Goals introducing them through the #HelloGlobalGoals global video series.

The six SDGs featured on the UN stamps are as follows: Goal 3 – Good Health and Well-Being; Goal 4 – Quality Education; Goal 5 – Gender Equality; Goal 11 – Sustainable Cities and Communities; Goal 13 – Climate Action; and Goal 14 – Life Below Water.

“Hello Kitty is bringing her enormous fan base to our global efforts to educate young people, in every part of our world, about the Sustainable Development Goals, and why they should be involved in achieving them.” said Melissa Fleming, Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications, United Nations.

Three accordion booklets, which contain six different stamp sheets, will accompany the stamp series.

ACCORDION BOOKLETS

UNPA will also issue three accordion-style booklets to accompany the stamp series. Each booklet contains six mini-sheets of one stamp each of the same denomination ($1.20 for New York, CHF 2,00 for Geneva and €1,80 for Vienna).

Date of issue: 19 March 2020
Artist: Sanrio
Designer: Rorie Katz (United Nations)
Denomination: US$1.20, CHF 2,00, € 1,80
Stamp size: 60 mm x 60 mm
Sheet size: 180 mm x 110 mm
Format: 6 mini-sheets of 1 stamp (2 sheets per denomination)
Printers:
– Cartor (France) – stamps
– La Poste (France) – accordion booklets
Process: Offset lithography
Quantity of mini-sheets:
– US$1.20 Goal 3   20,000 sheets
– US$1.20 Goal 4   20,000 sheets
– CHF 2,00 Goal 5   23,000 sheets
– CHF 2,00 Goal 11   23,000 sheets
– € 1,80 Goal 13   26,000 sheets
– € 1,80 Goal 14   26,000 sheets
Quantity of accordion booklets:
– New York   5,000
– Geneva   5,000
– Vienna   5,000