2010 New York Definitives

2010 NEW YORK DEFINITIVES

On 4 June 2010, the United Nations Postal Administration issued two New York definitive stamps in the denominations of 3 cents and 4 cents. 

THE DESIGNS

The 3-cent stamps are designs of portraits of people from around the world. The 4-cent stamps are designs of people of all cultures representing the skyline of New York City. 

STAMP SPECIFICATIONS

The stamps, in the denominations of 3 cents and 4 cents, measure 32 mm horizontally by 26 mm vertically, perforation to perforation. Perforation: 13. 

The horizontal sheets of 20 stamps have four marginal inscriptions, two in the left margin and two in the right margin. The marginal inscription consists of the United Nations emblem with the text “United Nations” above the emblem and the year “2010” below the emblem. In addition, one copyright symbol appears in the lower left corner. 

PRINTING

Printed in offset by Lowe-Martin Group (Canada). 

THE ARTISIT

The stamps were adapted from paintings by Christopher Corr (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland). Mr. Corr was born in London in 1955. He studied graphic design at Manchester Polytechnic and went on to the Royal College of Art to complete his master’s degree in illustration. He was awarded the Royal College of Art Drawing Prize and a Leverhulme Travelling Scholarship to the United States of America. 

Mr. Corr has had numerous one-man shows since 1983, mainly influenced by his extensive travels, at Curwen, Berkeley Square and Cadogan Galleries. He is currently working for two exhibitions, the first for Castor & Pollux in Brighton focusing on cityscapes and the second at MIDAN (Musée international d’Art naïf) in France. 

His work has received awards many times, including the Chelsea Arts Club Graphics Prize, the Lloyds Bank Printmaking scholarship, the D&AD Silver Award and the AOI Silver Award for his work on A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth. Last year he won the Print magazine (United States) Award for Design Excellence for Windstar Cruises brochures. 

Mr. Corr has worked on numerous commissions, includ-ing a Royal Mail millennium stamp on the subject of the United Nations peacekeeping force in Bosnia and Herze-govina. In 1996/97, as artist for Qantas, he produced paintings, posters and prints. He has also painted posters and cards and other items for London Transport, National AIDS Trust, PETA, Habitat and IKEA, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Eurostar and Saks.