I acquired an envelope from the flea market a little while ago. I knew that it would be just right for a week where we have a free choice theme.
The words on the 1c stamp are also part of the Preamble to the Charter of the UN.
The envelope was posted on June 18, 1971 to an address in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Cuyahoga Falls is the second largest in Ohio's Summit County where apparently they had bad flooding at the beginning of this week.
If you look at the franking on the envelope you might be able to make out that the date stamp in the middle was at Cuyahoga Falls on 21 June, 1971.
If you cross over to Viridian's Sunday-stamps-171. you can check out what others have shown this week.
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| United Nations - franked envelope |
Of course the stamps are on the other side.
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| United Nations |
Taking a close look at the stamps -
The central stamp contains the opening of the Preamble to the United Nations Charter written originally by the South African statesman, Jan Smuts. Smuts had also been, in 1931, the second non-British Lord Rector of St Andrews University (my old university). He was the only man to have signed the charters of the League of Nations and the UN.
The envelope was posted on June 18, 1971 to an address in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Cuyahoga Falls is the second largest in Ohio's Summit County where apparently they had bad flooding at the beginning of this week.
If you look at the franking on the envelope you might be able to make out that the date stamp in the middle was at Cuyahoga Falls on 21 June, 1971.
If you cross over to Viridian's Sunday-stamps-171. you can check out what others have shown this week.
