WFUNA Cover by Jacques Costeau

    

        Shown above is the November 22, 1974 World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA). The cachet was designed by the famous marine biologist, Jacques Costeau. It has stamps on the cover which were issued to recognize the value of the Sea Bed to mankind and should be preserved. There were 30,000 of the covers produced and serviced. 

For more information and biography of Jacque Cousteau please refer to Jacques Cousteau - Wikipedia. 

The World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA) began producing first day covers of United Nations stamps in 1966 with the issuance of Sc# 154-155. The cachet on this cover was produced by the artist, Salvador Dali.  This was the first of long series of first day covers on which famous artists produced the cachet. These WFUNA covers can produce a nice area of specialization. 

 

United Nations Covers  

Commemorate Events

        An interesting area of covers to collect and admire are those which remember events that took place at the United Nations in New York. These can be dates on which famous people visited the UN Headquarters, delivered a speech to the General Assembly, or a date when a specific conference was held in New York or other UN locations. 

       Shown here is a very attractive cover that contains a cachet which was produced by Goodwin for the Visit of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles to the United Nations on October 21, 1957. 

    The cachet is attractive and contains much more detail than many used on event covers. These covers will allow you to develop a complete "cover calendar" of events for any period of time within the activities of the United Nations.

Covers of this type are offered quite frequently on sites on the web. Be sure to look for them. 

Collecting United Nations Tab Issues

An interesting way to build an attractive collection of U.N. Singles stamps is to collect issues with the Tab attached. 

U.N. stamps are issued in sheets which have a marginal inscription block as shown here. 

The margin issue shown here is from the upper left of the sheet. You can collect tab singles from all positions on a sheet or you can be content with just collecting one of them. 

The tab shows the U.N. Symbol and the year of issue. This makes a nice way to remember the date of issue. You can find tab issues sometimes listed on eBay and other selling sites. Of course you can remove the tab single from a Inscription block if you desire. It doesn't seem that collecting the Inscription Block of either 4 or 6 stamps is a popular as collecting U.S. Plate Blocks.