Description
F.s. 3,00 (2002) Full Sheet
To honour the admission of Switzerland as a new member of the United Nations.
The design is a graphic interpretation of a cross and a dove with the Swiss flag in orange and blue tones.
In a historic referendum Switzerland voted to join the United Nations on 3 March 2002. Switzerland will formally join the United Nations at a session of the UN General Assembly in September 2002. Switzerland will become the one hundred-ninetieth Member of the United Nations.
CHF 3,00 (sheet of 20 stamps)
Printed in offset lithography by The House of Questa (United Kingdom)
580,000 stamps (29,000 sheets)
Thierry Clauson (Switzerland)
35.96 mm horizontally by 25.73 mm vertically. Perforation: 14