Hommage à Dag
Hammarskjold (1905-1961)
Dag Hammarskjöld, Secretary General of the United Nations, 1953-1961.
Under Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld, the United Nations begins its tradition of peacekeeping. U.N. soldiers, called "blue helmets," are sent into trouble spots that often act as buffers between warring factions. Hammarskjöld dies in an air crash while on a mission in the Congo, 18 September 1961.
C.C.T.A. Established in 1950 and terminated in 1965.
The Commission for Technical Co-operation
in Africa South of the Sahara is a non-political body which has been
established by an international agreement concluded between its member
Governments for the purpose of encouraging and strengthening technical
co-operation in all fields affecting the well-being of the peoples of the
territories of its members in Africa South of the Sahara and has under its
aegis the Inter-African Labour Institute and the Inter-African Labour
Conference.
Date of issue: 31 October 1962
Expiration date:
Design: Jean van
Noten (1903-1982)
Engraving:
Malvaux, Brussels
Printing: Atelier du Timbre, Malines. (Zegeldrukkerij, Mechelen-Belgium)
Overprinting:
Perforation: 11.5
Size: 35 x 24.5 mm
Sheet: 30 (5 x 6) <In most publications
wrongly as 50>
Marginal inscriptions: on the left, date & printer’s numbers,
under “1”, “2”, “3”, or “4”.
Circulation:
No 35.
3,50F on 3F, blue & red (French text no 217)
No 36.
3,50F on 3F, blue & red (Dutch text no 218)
No 37.
6,50F on 3F, blue & red (French text no 217)
No 38.
6,50F on 3F, blue & red (Dutch text no 218)
No 39. 10F
on 3F, blue & red (French text no 217)
No 40. 10F
on 3F, blue & red (Dutch text no 218)
The series:
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