№ CF118 - 50th Anniversary of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Issue: 50th Anniversary of the United Nations High Commissioner for RefugeesWikipedia

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), also known as the UN Refugee Agency, is a United Nations agency mandated to protect and support refugees at the request of a government or the UN itself and assists in their voluntary repatriation, local integration or resettlement to a third country. Its headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland and is a member of the United Nations Development Group. The UNHCR has won two Nobel Peace Prizes, once in 1954 and again in 1981.  Read more..

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MoldovaStamps Catalogue No. MoldovaStamps Catalogue No. CF118
Posta Moldovei Catalogue No. Posta Moldovei Catalogue No. SPZ 118
Cancellation Type Cancellation Type First Day Cancellation
Cancellation Date Cancellation Date 19/01/2001
Cancellation Town Cancellation Town Chișinău
Cancellation Postcode Cancellation Postcode MD-2012
Colour Colour Black
Philatelic Status Philatelic Status VALID: Official Issue of the Post Office (Entered Into Postal Circulation)
Stamp FDCs with this Cancellation Stamp FDCs with this Cancellation Links № 378 FDC
MCs with this Cancellation MCs with this Cancellation Links -
Prepaid Envelopes with this Cancellation Prepaid Envelopes with this Cancellation Links -
Prepaid Postcards with this Cancellation Prepaid Postcards with this Cancellation Links -
Catalogue: Special Commemorative Cancellations 2001 Catalogue of the Postage Stamps of the Republic of Moldova
Issue:  50th Anniversary of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
 

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