Coin and Flag Series - United Nations Postal Administration - ONU

LETTER FROM THE CHIEF
Dear Collector,
Welcome to UNPA’s Philatelic Bulletin No. 97, which will be the last one in
which I write to you as Chief, UNPA, as I will be taking mandatory retirement
from the United Nations. I will return to my home country of Australia to enjoy
life with my wife, Marina, who has been a tower of strength and support during
our stay in New York.
Time flies when you are having fun and during my eight years at UNPA we
have accomplished many new concepts such as launching personalized stamps;
changing the Philatelic Bulletin from black and white to colour and more recently
increasing its size; developing an e-commerce website for secure online orders;
and most importantly developing a more interesting stamp programme to
increase the number of United Nations stamp collectors.
For this Philatelic Bulletin we are featuring six new definitive stamps, on
4 February 2011, which are hand-drawn illustrations of the UN Headquarters
buildings in New York, Geneva and Vienna, illustrated by UNPA’s new graphic
designer, Scott Solberg. Also on 4 February 2011, UNPA will issue its third
sheet of stamps featuring the Chinese lunar calendar. On 3 March, UNPA will
continue its fifth year of the Coin and Flag series, which features the coins and
flags of United Nations Member States.
I would like to thank all my staff at UNPA New York and Vienna who have
given me tremendous support during my tenure as Chief and who have bonded
together into an excellent team to provide the very best customer service to our
loyal philatelic collectors, plus our faithful dealer/agent network.
I would also like to take this opportunity to wish all of you well in the
future and thank you for your continued support of the United Nations Postal
Administration philatelic programme over the years.
With best regards and, as always, happy collecting!
Sincerely,
Robert Gray
Chief
United Nations Postal Administration
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