The World United Against Malaria
The U.S. 4 cent issue for the eradication of malaria
Synopsis
Historical Background:
On October 21st, 1960, at
the 26th Session of the World Health Organization, it was discussed that the
under funded “Malaria Eradication Special Account” needed another way to
finance the program. The proposal was made for the issuing of postage stamps
world-wide in order to help fund the “global program for the eradication of
malaria” and increase world-wide publicity and education about the fight
against malaria. The hope was that the participating governments would
contribute stamps or a percentage of the proceeds of the sales of the stamps to
the program. The campaign ultimately failed due to the impossibility of
eradicating the insect and disease. Today, 1-2 million people still die a year
from malaria. On March 30th, 1962, the
Scope:
This exhibit presents the
story of the U.S. 4 cent issue for the eradication of malaria through photo
essays and the attached documents, EFOs, FDCs, and then followed by commercial
covers.
Material Availability:
The only known essay that I
am aware of was acquired by the National Postal http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/collection/3a2i_acquis2004.html
Although the stamp was
issued in 1962, finding commercial covers is difficult. The reason for this is
that many dealers do not have the time to go through “recent” covers as the
profit does not warrant their efforts. Finding ordinary FDCs is easy but
finding the elusive FDC is not an easy task. Through the Internet and auctions,
I have purchased 15 large malaria collections in order to pull out the best
items. This exhibit is the result of 12 years of scouring the earth to find
these better items.
Original Research:
This exhibit includes the
strip of 5 “String” freak (waiting a response from the Errors, Freaks, and Oddities
Collector’s Club to determine if this is a new EFO).I have also discovered a few
new FDC cachets (not in Mellones) along with undocumented FDC cancellations. All
of these items are in this exhibit.
Research also includes the
study of hundreds of W.H.O. Resolution documents online at http://www.who.int/en/ and other documents
not online but discovered through personal correspondence with the W.H.O. in
Highlights include but not limited to:
The World United Against Malaria
The U.S. 4 cent issue for the eradication of malaria
References
(Larry Fillion, 1998-2007) My
full collection of 5000+ malaria items.
http://www.malariastamps.com/Info_UnitedStates.asp
(Larry Fillion, 1998-2007)
Many of the Cachets scanned. (10+ more to do)
http://www.malariastamps.com/Philatelic_Release_5.asp
All pages of the Post Office
Philatelic Release No. 5
http://www.malariastamps.com/Publicity_Leaflet_5.asp
All pages of the United
States Information Service Leaflet F-62-49
http://www.malariastamps.com/UnitedStates_Waldau.asp
The newly discovered Waldau
items
http://www.malariastamps.com/UnitedStates_Geigy.asp
Full contents of the Geigy
advertising letter.
http://www.malariastamps.com/References.asp
Complete list of 20+
references for the full website.
http://www.malariastamps.com/MMPI.asp
Miasma Philatelist,
1979-1986, 21 Journals online in PDF format
World Health Organization
Resolutions (located at http://www.who.int/en/)
EB26/29, EB27/24, EB28/17,
EB29/45, EB30/11, EB31/39, EB34/19,
C.L.6.1961, A15/AFL/19,
A16/AFL/13, WHA8.30, WHA15.47, WHA16.18