Climate Change on Stamps!
2015-12-02 Wed
United Nation’s Postal Administration (UNPA) along with La Poste, France unveiled one official stamp and two additional stamps commemorating the 21st United Nations conference on Climate change. The stamps were unveiled at UNESCO’s Headquarters in Paris on 24th November 2015.The 21st United Nations Conference is being held at Le Bourget in Paris from November 30th to December 11th 2015. The objective of the conference is to achieve a legally binding and a universal agreement on climate, from all nations of the world.
For the stamp designs, a competition was organized by the French Postal Service for students of the Saint-Etienne School of Design, France. The winning stamp design was unveiled by President François Hollande of France.
The winning stamp design, which is being issued by UNPA (US$ 1.20 ) and La Poste jointly, was designed by Noémie Auzet, a fourth year student at the design school and the two additional stamps from the selected finalists, are designed by Charles Haumont (CHF 1,40) and Nolwenn Le Nir (EUR 0,80).
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