1966 UNESCO 20th Anniversary

Omnibus Commemorative Issue

Date: 1st December 1966
Stamps: 4d education, 1/3 science, 2/- culture

Official First Day Cover

Cachet: Official First Day Cover U.N.E.S.C.O. 20th Anniversary 1946-1966
Stamped Cachet: 20th ANNIVERSARY OF U. N. E. S. C. O. 1946-1966 OMNIBUS COMMEMORATIVE ISSUE FIRST DAY COVER, DECEMBER 1, 1966

CDS: HAMILTON BERMUDA -1DEC66
Address: Mrs Paschal, GPO

CDS: HAMILTON BERMUDA -1DEC66D
Address: Mr G. E. Inskeep, 11 Westmeath Avenue, Leicester, England

Other variants

CDS: HAMILTON BERMUDA -1DEC66D
Address: G. Barber Esq., 172, Brooklands Road, Sale, Cheshire, England

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About the Omnibus issue

Key facts

Designer/Engraver: Jennifer Toombs
Printers: Harrison & Sons Ltd
Process: Lithography
Perforation: 14
Watermark: Multiple St Edward’s Crown Block CA (sideways)

Issuing territories: 27 common design and ?? local designs
Number of stamps: 84 common designs. Total of 110 stamps and 1 souvenir sheet

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialised agency of the United Nations (UN). Its purpose is to contribute to peace and security by promoting international collaboration through education, science, and culture in order to further universal respect for justice, the rule of law, and human rights along with fundamental freedom proclaimed in the UN Charter.

Standard issue – list of issuing territories

Antigua
Ascension
Bahamas
Barbados
Bermuda
British Solomon Islands
Brunei
Cayman Islands
Dominica
Gibraltar
Gilbert & Ellice Islands
Grenada
Hong Kong
Mauritius
Montserrat
New Hebrides Condominium (2 sets English and French)
Pitcairn Islands
St Helena
St Kitts Nevis
St Lucia
St Vincent
Seychelles
South Arabia
Swaziland
Tristan da Cunha
Turks and Caicos Islands
Virgin Islands

Local design – list of issuing territories

Unknown