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The United Nations Postal Administration (UNPA) is the
postal agency of the United Nations. It issues postage stamps and postal
stationery that may be used at a given United Nations office in dollar denominations for the offices in New
York, in Swiss francs for the offices in Geneva and in euros for
the offices in Vienna. Most often used by tourists and collectors.
Since the stamps may not be used outside the UN offices, they may be
purchased in bulk on the secondary market as discount postage at well
below face value.
The UNPA came into existence by agreement with the U.S. in 1951, soon
after the UN moved into its headquarters in Manhattan and issued its first stamps for the New York offices in
the same year with intense collector interest in the early issues .
By 1957, the UNPA's commemoratives regularly sold out . In 1967, the
UNPA issued five stamps in Canadian dollar denominations for use at the
United Nations pavilion at Expo 1967 in Montreal.
In 1968, the UNPA made an agreement with Swiss postal authorities, and
the following year began to issue stamps in franc denominations for use
at the Geneva offices. A 1979 agreement with Austria led to similar
stamps for Vienna.
after interest began to diminish in an effort to increase sales, the UNPA used a
combination of smaller printings of stamp issuances, aggressive
marketing, and having famous artists create stamp designs.
The UNPA continues to issue stamps, including personalized stamps. It
also is responsible for sorting and delivery of mail to the offices
under its jurisdiction.
other organisations:
Postage of the Council of Europe, Postage of the International Court
of Justice ,
Postage of the International Education Office , Postage of the
International Labour Office ,
Postage of the International Refugees Organisation , Postage of the
International Telecommunications Union , League of Nations (Geneva) ,
UNESCO , United Nations (UN) , Universal Postal Union (UPU)
, World Health Organisation , Postage of the World Intellectual
Property Organisation, Postage of the World Meteorological
Organisation.
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