Cover, First Day
Artifact
85.1.36
October 23 1959
White First Day Cover with four United Nations stamps. One circular stamp with text along border and date inside on center overtop of other text. One green 8 cent stamp and one red 4 cent stamp in the top right corner both featuring topless man in front of UN symbol. Darker border with text, green stamp in French, red stamp in English. Text below each stamp in multiple languages. Overlapped by "First Day of Issue" stamp with 6 lines, text, and UN symbol on the left. Black text on top left corner, center, and lower left of envelope.
Paper, Ink
Length: 16.5cm;
Width: 9cm;
CANADIAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, LIMITED
P.O. BOX 394,
OTTAWA, CANADA
First Day Cover
Rt. Hon. John G. Diefenbaker, Q.C.
Prime Minister of Canada,
Ottawa.
Personal
Stamps:
To promote self-government or independence for trust territories. Trusteeship Council.
Pour l'accession des territoires sous tutelle a'lautonomme ou a l'independance. Couseil De Tutelle (all uppercase)
United Nations (multiple languages)
FIRST DAY
OF
ISSUE
UNITED NATIONS
OCT 23
9 - AM
1959
NEW YORK
P.O. BOX 394,
OTTAWA, CANADA
First Day Cover
Rt. Hon. John G. Diefenbaker, Q.C.
Prime Minister of Canada,
Ottawa.
Personal
Stamps:
To promote self-government or independence for trust territories. Trusteeship Council.
Pour l'accession des territoires sous tutelle a'lautonomme ou a l'independance. Couseil De Tutelle (all uppercase)
United Nations (multiple languages)
FIRST DAY
OF
ISSUE
UNITED NATIONS
OCT 23
9 - AM
1959
NEW YORK