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shows an angel in the clouds who is presumably
protecting the world. Above the two designs is
the inscription NATIONS UNIES and below the
design in larger print is the name of the country
HELVETIA with the value below the name of
the country. The size of the 5Fr is 25mm x 41mm
and the design shows the Palais de Nations, the
headquarters of the Nations Unies in Geneva.
Above this design is the inscription NATIONS
UNIES and below the design in larger print is the
name of the country HELVETIA with the value.
This set of stamps was issued in 1964 and has the
cancellation date ‘- 3 11 64 -11’and encircling the
cancellation is the inscription ‘GENEVE 10’ and
‘NATIONS UNIES’.
Bureau International du Travail
The International Labour Organization is a specialized
agency of the United Nations founded in
1919 with its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.
The corner stone of the new ILO headquarters
building in Geneva was laid in May 1970 and the
building was completed in 1974. The basic purpose
of the ILO is to improve the working conditions
through the combined efforts of government,
management and labour.
Approximately five years later (June 10, 1969),
the Bureau International du Travail overprinted a
stamp to commemorate the Visit of Pope Paul VI
on June 10, 1969. The stamp overprinted was the
orange colour 30 centimes stamp from the previous
set. The black overprint in four lines is “Visite
du Pape Paul VI Genève 10 juin 1969”.
Five years later (May 30, 1974), Helvetia issued
a stamp on the new premises of the Bureau
International du Travail. The size of this stamp is
25.5mm (vertical) and 35.5mm (horizontal) and
was printed by Courvoiser SA. The design of
the stamp shows the new building of the Bureau
International du Travail in the centre. At the top
right is the symbol of this Agency BIT with the
usual two entwined wreaths surrounding it. The
inscription at the top is ‘Nouveau bâtiment’ and
the inscription at the bottom shows the value ‘80’
on the left and the name of the country ‘HELVETIA’
on the right. The first day of cancellation shows
the inscription ‘BIT JOUR D’EMISSION 30 5 74’
in the centre with the inscription ‘1211 GENEVE’
‘BUREAU INTERNATIONAL DU TRAVAIL 1211
GENEVE’ encircling it.
Organisation Météorologique Mondiale
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
was founded as a specialized agency of the United
Nations in 1950 with its headquarters in Geneva,
Switzerland. Its basic purpose is to improve weather
observations and to adopt common standards
for weather reporting.
The set consists of six stamps in two sizes and
two designs. The size of the 5, 10 and 50 is 22.5mm
x 28.5 mm and the design shows the globe with
two workers carrying two pick axes. The size
of the 20, 30, 60 and 2Fr is 23.5mm x 29mm and
the design shows a globe, chimney and wheel.
Surrounding this design is the inscription BUREAU
INTERNATIONAL DU TRAVAIL beginning on
the left side and ending on the right side. For the
smaller sized stamps the value is then shown. The
name of the country HELVETIA is shown below in
larger print. For the larger sized stamps the value
is shown before the name of the country. This set
of stamps was issued in 1964 and has the cancellation
date ‘- 3 11 64 -11’, encircling the cancellation
is the inscription ‘GENEVE 22’ and ‘BUREAU
INTERNATIONAL DU TRAVAIL’.
The final Helvetia set consists of six stamps in
one size and two designs. The size of the 5, 10, 20,
30, 50, 60 and 2Fr is 23.5mm x 29mm. The design
of the denominations 5, 10 and 50 shows clouds,
the sun and rain. The design of the denominations
20, 30, 60 and 2Fr shows the weather directional
indicator. Surrounding this design is the inscription
ORGANISATION METEOROLOGIQUE
MONDIALE beginning on the left side and ending
on the right side. The name of the country
HELVETIA is shown below in larger print with the
denomination of the stamp. This set of stamps was
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