Hanging by a thread.The second series in a multi-year UN stamp issue on endangered species endangered species, any plant or animal species whose ability to survive and reproduce has been jeopardized by human activities. In 1999 the U.S. government, in accordance with the U.S. will be released by the UN Postal Administration (UNPA UNPA United Nations Postal Administration UNPA United Nations Protected Area UNPA United Nations Participation Act of 1945 ) on 19 March. Designed by Leon Parson of the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Kerrie Maddeford and Paul Margoosy of Australia, the recent issue features 12 threatened species, including the blue whale, chimpanzee chimpanzee, an ape, genus Pan, of the equatorial forests of central and W Africa. The common chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes, lives N of the Congo River. Full-grown animals of this species are up to 5 ft (1. and American crocodile. Each stamp is available in denominations of 29 United States cents, 0.80 Swiss Francs and 7 Austrian schillings. Also available are three maximum cards and the 1994 Endangered Species annual collection folder. Accompanying the UN stamp series is the World Federation of UN Associations' first-day cover by award-winning UN photographer John Isaac. it depicts a three-month-old tiger hanging from a tree. The image, says Mr. Isaac, is symbolic of the plight of the endangered species of the world, many of which are "hanging by a thread". The final print of the first-day cover was done by image transfer from a black and white polaroid photograph to an art form. On 4 February, the UNPA released "A Universal World of Stamps-E.T. and the United Nations", a special album introducing the work of the UN and 16 UN topics, from the environment to the value of education, to young readers, and encouraging them to take up the hobby of stamp collecting. The album also celebrates the UN Year of the Family, as the importance of the family was an underlying theme of "E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial", one of the most popular movies ever made. It was made possible through the support of cinema director Steven Spielberg and Universal City Studios. The stamp album, priced at US$9.95, can be ordered from: United Nations Postal Administration The abbreviation UNPA can also refer to several other UN-related entities. The United Nations Postal Administration (UNPA) is the postal agency of the United Nations. It issues postage stamps and postal stationery in dollar denominations for the United Nations offices in New , P.O. Box 5900, Grand Central Station, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY 10163-9992. |
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