UN Vienna cover from Numiphil 2017

With this cover i finally completed UN post offices! The United Nations Postal Administration is the postal agency of the United Nations. It issues postage stamps and postal stationery, denominated in United States dollars for the United Nations offices in New York, in Swiss francs for the offices in Geneva and in euros for the offices in Vienna. My friend Wolfgang visited exhibition Numiphil 2017 in Vienna. He sent me cover from UN Vienna with two really nice special cancellations dedicated to Numiphil 2017. Stamp on cover is fr om set UNESCO World Heritage - Along the Silk Roads, issued on 03.08.2017.

Inside was this surprise postcard from Mali. It's prestamped and cancelled long time ago, but i really like it.

This nice butterfly stamp is from year 1997, but i can't find any detailed information in any catalog.



Thank you very much Wolfgang!

Postcard from Mali

Mali is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mali is the eighth-largest country in Africa, with an area of just over 1,240,000 square kilometers. The population of Mali is 14.5 million. Its capital is Bamako. Present-day Mali was once part of three West African empires that controlled trans-Saharan trade: the Ghana Empire, the Mali Empire (for which Mali is named), and the Songhai Empire.  In the late 19th century, during the Scramble for Africa, France seized control of Mali, making it a part of French Sudan. French Sudan joined with Senegal in 1959, achieving independence in 1960 as the Mali Federation. Shortly thereafter, following Senegal's withdrawal from the federation, the Sudanese Republic declared itself the independent Republic of Mali.

This stamps are from set of five stamps Serval (Leptailurus serval). All stamps are same, only denominations are different. Issue date is 11.01.2014.


Thank you Taouvik!