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United Nations pane celebrates ASDA’s 100th anniversary

Oct 17, 2014, 5 AM

This pane of 10 United Nations stamps and labels honors the 100th anniversary of the American Stamp Dealers Association. The stamps show U.N. headquarters in New York City, and the labels represent the stamp hobby, including collectors, shows and the A

The United Nations Postal Administration issued a pane of 10 stamps and 10 labels Oct. 23 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the American Stamp Dealers Association.

The stamps show black-and-white and color photographs of the exterior and interior of the U.N. headquarters in New York City.

The labels, which are se-tenant (side-by-side) with the stamps, picture scenes of the stamp hobby and souvenirs from ASDA stamp shows.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt working on his stamp collection is pictured in one of the hobby scenes shown on the labels.

Other labels depict Manhattan’s stamp district, Nassau Street, circa 1935; and a Subway Stamp Shop booth at an ASDA show. Prominent philatelist John N. Luff (1860-1938) also is pictured.

The website of the UNPA is http://unstamps.un.org.

Ordering information also is available from UNPA, Box 5900, Grand Central Station, New York, NY 10163-5900; telephone 800-234-8672; e-mail unpanyinquiries@un.org;or fax 212-963-9854.

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