Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty

Recommendation V-1 (ATCM V - Paris, 1968)

  • Subject

    Stamp issue to commemorate the Tenth Anniversary of the Antarctic Treaty.

  • Status

    Effective 26/05/1972. Spent: D 3 (2002)

  • Category

    Institutional & legal matters

  • Topics

    - Anniversaries
    - Stamps

  • Attachments

  • Relevant Final Report paragraph

    9

COMMEMORATIVE STAMP ISSUE

The Representatives recommend to their Governments:

1) that, on the occasion of the Tenth Anniversary of the entry into force of the Antarctic Treaty, each Consultative Party should issue a commemorative postage stamp during 1971;

2) that this stamp should bear, in the language or languages of each issuing country, the following words:

"Antarctic Treaty 1961-71";

3) that the most prominent feature of the stamp should be the Antarctic Treaty emblem representing a map of Antarctica which appears on the official documents of Consultative Meetings;

4) that any additional matter should be consonant with the provisions and the spirit of the Antarctic Treaty;

5) that the denomination of the stamp should remain at the discretion of each issuing country.