The Soliloquy of a Postage Stamp #20: CSDR, 40th Anniversary and UCI: Fouad Kronfol

The mid-1980's saw a confluence of three UNICEF related events ; the CSDR, the 40th Anniversary in 1986 and the launch of the UCI Campaign (1985-1990). From a philatelic point of view all three events elicited many issues of stamps, again most of them from the developing countries. The big pivot of UNICEF activity into Africa in that period also resulted in many new issues from the countries in that Continent. This week we continue with the series related to these three major events or milestones.

From the Democratic Peoples Republic of Yemen (South Yemen) this set of four stamps all showing a mother and child in different scenes related to food and nutrition. The UNICEF logo is in all four stamps. CSDR is not indicated in this 1985  series.

Uganda issued this three stamp set plus a souvenir sheet to commemorate CSDR. The stamps show scenes related to breast feeding, oral rehydration and immunization. while the souvenir sheet inscription reads "the Beginning of Child Survival".with a pregnant woman surrounded by different foods.The UNICEF logo is, unusually, missing in the stamp on immunization !

The Republic of Cameroun issued this two stamp set  to commemorate the "African Year Of Immunization" in 1986.The first design shows a family of parents and two children with the father holding an umbrella whose stem is a syringe thus denoting protection from disease, which is also inscribed on top. The second stamp shows a mother holding a child who is being vaccinated. Both stamps have the national flag displayed.

This three stamp set from Algeria commemorates three elements of the GOBI..oral rehydration, breast feeding and immunization .Issued in 1986 all three stamps show the UNICEF logo and stylized drawings of the interventions. The Arabic inscriptions in each stamp relate to the intervention pictured.

A very colorful stamp from Egypt shows a boy and girl both holding a flower. The issue date is 1986 and 1407 H. which probably commemorates UNICEF's 40th anniversary and the logo is in the top left  corner.

The Democratic Republic of Congo issued this three stamp set to commemorate CSDR in 1986. The UNICEF logo is also shown which probably relates also to the 40th anniversary. The  French inscription reads" The Revolution for the Health of Children of Congo" with scenes of a mother and child, two children and a third mother and child without any that are directly related to the GOBI interventions.

From India we have this two stamp set commemorating UNICEF's 40th Anniversary in 1986 which is inscribed on the stamps. The first stamp shows a young child in front of a growth monitoring chart for the first four years of birth. The second stamp is a mother holding her child with a health practitioner vaccinating the child.

The interesting aspect of this stamp is that the woman and child are actually our XUNICEF colleague Neena Gupta and her child from the Delhi office who unexpectedly was photographed for the stamp. She is probably the ONLY XUNICEF member that I know of who is pictured on a postage stamp. A very memorable item indeed!!

This two stamp set from Indonesia is commemorating UNICEF for its 40th anniversary 1946-1986. Both stamps show the UNICEF logo with scenes from the GOBI interventions; the first shows breast feeding, oral rehydration and growth monitoring while the second shows a child being vaccinated. 

This stamp from the Malagasy Republic (Madagascar) issued in 1986 celebrates both UNICEF and CSDR.. with scenes showing various interventions including  breast feeding,vaccination and growth monitoring. The bottom inscription indicates "Child Survival".The emblem depicts a child with the initials of the country RDM and UNICEF on top of the circle.

Nigeria issued these two stamps to commemorate UNICEF's 40th anniversary and elements of CSDR. The first stamp shows a mother breast feeding with the inscription "Breast-Feeding  is Best", while the second shows a mother and child with the inscription "Children First ".This last slogan is the first one I have seen on stamps about UNICEF.

From Senegal we have this two stamp set in the imperforate category which commemorates the CSDR with drawings of a mother and her child being vaccinated as well as another showing a child drinking from a bowl .Both stamps show the UNICEF logo and the inscription which reads "The Campaign for the Child Survival Revolution".

A rare stamp on CSDR to be issued from Europe, this stamp from tiny and landlocked Republic of San Marino issued in 1986 shows the drawing of a young child by Bruno Caruso with the UNICEF logo and the commemoration of its 40th anniversary.1946-1986. The inscription on top in Italian reads, " The Campaign for the Survival of Children".

This is an unusual stamp from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Issued in 1985 it shows a diagram of a child with a drop of vaccine (Polio?) on top of it. There is no UNICEF logo as such but the Arabic inscription on top reads "Immunize Your Children" while the bottom inscription reads " Child's Health is the Nation's Future Wealth". The two crossed swords and tree are the emblem of the  country but there is no other indication of the country's name.

A very attractive souvenir sheet from Tanzania features in bold letters the Child Survival and Development  slogan. The stamp in the center of the circle shows a young child with the inscription "A Healthy Child" in English and Swahili at the bottom. There is also a prominent UNICEF logo and the issue date of 1986.

The last item is a colorful stamp from Pakistan with a drawing of a mother feeding her child from a bowl....oral rehydration or child feeding ?? The UNICEF logo is in the top left corner but it is slightly altered. from the official one.

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