Stamp issues related to ICAO : Introduction
Philately and history are intimately linked. Behind each stamp is a story that can often be linked to a country, an organization or an era. Thus, it is under the sign of history that the stamps issued within the ICAO framework are presented in this section.
The topical collection of ICAO-related stamps crosses aviation and United Nations themes and consists of a limited number of items from approximately 100 different countries or organizations (i.e., the United Nations); it includes any stamp, souvenir sheet and cover relating to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), whether the ICAO logo or the Organization’s full name or its acronym can be found on them, or an implied relation to ICAO (such as an airplane within the UN family’s framework) is noticed. Countries usually issued such stamps to commemorate ICAO meetings or anniversaries, anniversaries of the United Nations or its Agencies. Moreover, ICAO topical collection also covers forerunners of ICAO, referring to stamps related to intergovernmental meetings or bodies dealing with international civil aviation prior to the birth of ICAO in 1944.
This chapter provides an entry for the 181 issues related to ICAO, released by a total of 107 countries or organizations, sorted by country/organization name. Other chapters in the menu of The Postal History of ICAO present the issues in chronological order. Click on one of the following letters to look up a given group of countries; the arrow-up sign ↑ next to each letter provides a return to the top of this page for easy navigation.
A B C D E G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V Y Z
The total number of stamps/miniature sheets issued amounts to 424, for an average of 2.4 items per issue. Paraguay (with 7 issues), followed by the United Nations and Uruguay (both with 6 issues), and Romania (with 4 issues) are among the countries that have had the most stamp issues.
The following table shows the number of countries and the corresponding number of stamps/miniature sheets (i.e., items) accordingly. Belize issued 11 items for the 100th Anniversary of Sir Rowland Hill Death in July 1979.
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Number of countries |
Number of items per issue |
|
98 |
1 |
|
24 |
2 |
|
14 |
3 |
|
20 |
4 |
|
15 |
5 |
|
3 |
6 |
|
2 |
7 |
|
4 |
10 |
|
1 |
11 |
|
Total: 181 |
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