Date

October 23 1959

Materials

Paper, Ink

Description

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. 

Marks/Labels

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

Category

Cover, First Day