1979
International Year of the Child
First-day presentation sheets
The General Assembly named 1979 the International Year of the Child. The United Nations issue exists in New York and Geneva currencies; both appear on these sheets.
Each sheet enlarges the stamp design and carries the issued stamps, cancelled first day, 4 May 1979. One uses the crayon portrait, the other the line of children under a rainbow.
- Issued
- 4 May 1979
- Place
- United Nations, New York
- Object
- Two presentation sheets
- Subject
- International Year of the Child