Nature Protection issue, complete set of eight stamps tied with ΑΘΗΝΑΙ ΦΙΛΟΤΕΛΙΚΟΝ ΓΡΑΦΕΙΟΝ 15.ΙΧ.58 (Athens, Philatelic Bureau 15.9.1958) on unaddressed cover [222x108 mm] bearing a two-line stamp reading in Greek ‘ΕΣΦΡΑΓΙΣΘΗ / ΔΙΑ ΦΙΛΟΤΕΛΙΚΟΥΣ ΛΟΓΟΥΣ’ (cancelled for philatelic reasons) in blue-grey.
On the cover appears also a commemorative handstamp with text in French reading DIXIEME ANNIVERSAIRE U.I.C.N. / 11-19.IX.1958 (U.I.C.N. 10th Anniversary, 11-19.9.1958), in use during the 6th General Assembly of International Union for the Protection of Nature, which took place at Athens School of Economics and Business (ΑΣΟΕΕ).
[The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is an international organisation dedicated to natural resource conservation, founded in 1948, located near Geneva, Switzerland.]
Item condition: Very fine, albeit with vertical bend signs on both edges; see scan.
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