k's UN - Kosovo

[khj]

While most UN collectors are aware that the UN issued stamps at New York, Geneva, and Austria, many are not aware that the UN issued stamps for use at other locations as well.

An early example is the UN Temporary Executive Authority in West New Guinea, which issued stamps from 1962-1963.  Another more recent example is the UN Interim Administration in Kosovo.  The first few issues were not available to collectors through UNPA.

It's going to take a while for my UN New York thread to go from the 1950s to past 2000.  So I thought I'd start a thread on the relatively recent Kovoso issues.

Here are the 5 stamps from the first issue, known as the 2000 Peace in Kosovo issue.


Scott UN Kosovo #1-5(14Mar2000)

Yeah, I collect selvage, so I kept the full tab on #2 -- cause it looks cool like that.

This set was not available from UNPA.

[khj]

Here is the 2001 Peace in Kosovo issue. Notice the inclusion of Euro denominations as Europe starts going through the currency adoption/conversion.


Scott UN Kosovo #6-10(12Nov2001)

This set was not available through UNPA.

[khj]

The 2002 Peace in Kosovo issue. It looks the same as the 2001 issue, except with Euro denominations only. I guess that saves money. Of course, they could have just kept printing the previous stamp and saved even more money... but then collectors would have less choice. Now, we just have less money.


Scott UN Kosovo #11-15(2May2002)

This set was not available through UNPA.