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United Nations European Office |
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1947 - 1951 |
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At the close of World War II, the League of Nations was no longer a viable international organization. The fledgling United Nations (U.N.) organization consisted of many of the same representative members taking action during the United Nation's first General Assembly in London, England to secure the properties of the League of Nations for exclusive use of the United Nations. A plan outlining site and property rights was proposed and approved by Switzerland and the League of Nations during its last General Assembly in 1946. The agreement granted the United Nations all existing League property for its new offices and Geneva, Switzerland became the permanent seat of the United Nations European Office (UNEO) as of January 2, 1947. |
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Initial postal services were provided exclusively by Swiss authorities at a substation within the Palais des Nations using regular Swiss postal issues instead of the League of Nations overprinted issues until February 1, 1950. Postmark devices also changed the text within the working daters to indicate the origin as the 'Nations Unies' instead of the 'Société des Nations'. Special services such as registration and express mail were offered without change along with printed postage paid imprints. An additional agreement with Switzerland provided for 20 regular Swiss values to receive provisional overprints for the exclusive use of the European Office in Geneva, as had been done for the League. These issues were only valid on official mail originating from the Palais des Nations. |
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Title and Introduction (gif-124k) |
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