UNITED NATIONS POSTAL HISTORY - THE FORERUNNER PERIOD (1942-1951)
Further information
The purpose of this GOLD AWARD EXHIBITION COLLECTION is to ducument, through postal evidence, development of the UN's organs and agencies, and the temporary sites they occupied before completion of UN Headquarters in 1952. In addition, the early UN period contains a wide variety of meters, cancels, postal markings and indicia, which makes this collecting area extremely interesting and challenging.
OUTLINE: Inter-allied information office, Uncio, London 1945/48, Forerunner meters and meter slogans, Offices in New York City, Offices at Lake Success New York, Offices in Long Island City New York, Locations in the United States outside New York, United Nations headquarters New York.
HIGHLIGHTS: 1. Inter-allied Information office cover (1 of 2 recorded), 2. Slogan II Trial Pull (1 of 3 recorded), 3. Slogan II Essay 1 (1 recorded), 4. Slogan II Essay 2 (1 recorded), 5. Slogan IV Essay (1 recorded), 6. 1600 Broadwa usage (1 of 2 recorded), 7. 2 East 10rd Street usage (1 of 2 recorded), 8. Lake Success Courrier Slogan Essays (1 recorded), 9. Long Island City Meter examples and 10. UNPO Courrier Proof (1 recorded).
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Continue to frame 3Classification
- Territory
- United Nations USA
- Subject
- History and political science History of the post and its operations (incl. a chosen territory) Meter marks Postal rates and methods of franking (incl. inflation, currency reforms etc.)
- Time period
- World War II Late 1940s
- Exhibition class
- Non-standard-size exhibits