Friday, February 5, 2010

2010 Coin and Flag Series









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2010 COIN AND FLAG SERIES
On 5 February 2010, the United Nations Postal Administration (UNPA) continued its Coin and Flag series by releasing 24 new stamps in the denominations of 44 cents, F.s. 0,85
and € 0,65. Three mini-sheets of eight stamps each were released.

This is the fourth year of the stamp series representing the coins and flags of Member States of the United Nations. The series is expected to run for approximately eight years until stamps representing all 192 Member States are issued.

The United Nations Member States represented on the 2010 Coin and Flag stamp sheets are as follows:
New York 44-cent sheet
Member State: Bahamas
Date of UN entry: 18 September 1973
Currency: Bahamian dollar
Coin represented: 10 cents

Member State: Jamaica
Date of UN entry: 18 September 1962
Currency: Jamaican dollar
Coin represented: 20 dollars

Member State: Panama
Date of UN entry: 13 November 1945
Currency: Balboa
Coin represented: 1 cuarto de Balboa

Member State: Guatemala
Date of UN entry: 21 November 1945
Currency: Quetzal
Coin represented: 50 centavos

Member State: Honduras
Date of UN entry: 17 September 1945
Currency: Honduran lempira
Coin represented: 50 centavos

Member State: Kuwait
Date of UN entry: 14 May 1963
Currency: Kuwait dinar
Coin represented: 100 fils

Member State: Saint Lucia
Date of UN entry: 18 September 1979
Currency: East Caribbean dollar
Coin represented: 1 cent

Member State: Yemen
Date of UN entry: 30 September 1947
Currency: Yemeni rial
Coin represented: 20 rial

Geneva F.s. 0,85 sheet
Member State: Equatorial Guinea
Date of UN entry: 12 November 1968
Currency: CFA franc
Coin represented: 100 francs

Member State: Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Date of UN entry: 14 December 1955
Currency: Kip
Coin represented: 20 kip

Member State: Argentina
Date of UN entry: 24 October 1945
Currency: Argentine peso
Coin represented: 1 peso

Member State: Morocco
Date of UN entry: 12 November 1956
Currency: Moroccan dirham
Coin represented: 1 dirham

Member State: Seychelles
Date of UN entry: 21 September 1976
Currency: Seychelles rupee
Coin represented: 5 rupees

Member State: Mauritania
Date of UN entry: 27 October 1961
Currency: Ouguiya
Coin represented: 1 ouguiya

Member State: Sudan
Date of UN entry: 12 November 1956
Currency: Sudanese pound
Coin represented: 20 piastres

Member State: Brunei Darussalam
Date of UN entry: 21 September 1984
Currency: Brunei dollar
Coin represented: 50 cents

Vienna € 0,65 sheet
Member State: Romania
Date of UN entry: 14 December 1955
Currency: New Romanian leu
Coin represented: 1 ban

Member State: Slovenia
Date of UN entry: 22 May 1992
Currency: Euro
Coin represented: 5 cents

Member State: Belarus
Date of UN entry: 24 October 1945
Currency: Belarusian rouble
Coin represented: 1 rouble

Member State: Malta
Date of UN entry: 1 December 1964
Currency: Euro
Coin represented: 1 euro

Member State: Azerbaijan
Date of UN entry: 2 March 1992
Currency: Azerbaijani manat
Coin represented: 10 kepiks

Member State: Bangladesh
Date of UN entry: 17 September 1974
Currency: Taka
Coin represented: 5 taka

Member State: Swaziland
Date of UN entry: 24 September 1968
Currency: Lilangeni
Coin represented: 1 lilangeni

Member State: Jordan
Date of UN entry: 14 December 1955
Currency: Jordanian dinar
Coin represented: 10 piastres

FIRST DAY COVERS
UNPA has designed a new first day cover for the Coin and Flag series, which will remain the same throughout the series. The new cover is a European standard-size cover measuring 115 mm x 163 mm.

SINGLES
A single first day cover will consist of a pane (half-sheet split vertically) of four stamps each; thus, there will be two first day covers from each office.

JUMBO
The jumbo first day cover for the series will consist of one full sheet from each office, New York, Geneva and Vienna, affixed to the cover and cancelled appropriately from each office.

SPECIAL FIRST DAY CANCELLATIONS
On 5 February 2010, special first day hand-cancellations for the 2010 Coin and Flag series were made available at United Nations Headquarters in New York; the Palais des Nations, Geneva; and the Vienna International Centre

2010 COIN AND FLAG COLLECTION FOLDER
For the duration of the series, a special collection folder containing one mint single stamp of each of the Coin and Flag stamps issued each year will be available. The folder is a trifold and will consist of six sheets of stamps and mounts.

DESIGNER
The 2010 Coin and Flag collection folder was designed by Rorie Katz (United Nations).

STAMP SPECIFICATIONS
The stamps, in denominations of 44 cents, F.s. 0,85 and € 0,65, measure 30 mm horizontally by 40 mm vertically, perforation to perforation. Perforation: 13.33. The stamps on the sheet are pin-perforated. There is a unique vertical roulette perforation that divides the sheet into two
panes of four stamps each. An ultraviolet luminescent security feature is incorporated on the stamps.

The vertical sheets of eight stamps have eight marginal inscriptions, two in the left margin, two in the right margin and four in the centre. The marginal inscription consists of the United Nations emblem with the text “United” above the emblem and “Nations” below the emblem. Miniature
versions of the flags on each sheet are also reproduced in the margin of the sheets. Progressive values are incorporated in the top and bottom margins of all three values of the stamp sheets. One copyright symbol will appear in the lower left margin.
THE FORMAT
The three sheets, consisting of two panes of four stamps, will each accommodate eight different coins and flags. There is a vertical roulette perforation to divide the sheet into two panes of four stamps each.

CONCEPT
The concept for the United Nations Coin and Flag series was developed by Jenny J. Karia (United Nations).

THE DESIGNER
The designer of the 2010 Coin and Flag series is Rorie Katz (United Nations).
PRINTING
The stamps were printed in offset by Cartor Security Printing (France).
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