NEW KOSOVO POSTAGE STAMPS
ISSUED BY THE UNITED NATIONS INTERIM
ADMINISTRATION IN KOSOVO
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| The 20 pf stamp represents a piece of a 5th-6th century mosaic portraying the poet Orpheus, found in the Podujeve area, where it had been extracted from the flooring of an ancient house. |
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| The 30 pf stamp replicates the "Dardanian idol", a 3500 B.C. figurine held by the Museum of Kosovo, among some of the first evidence of human settlement in Kosovo. |
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| The 50 pf stamp portrays a 4th century B.C. silver coin from the Illyrian town of Damastion in Dardania (today's Kosovo). |
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| The 1 DM stamp illustrates a silver statue in Prizren of Mother Theresa, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, who was an Albanian. |
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| The 2 DM stamp features a map of Kosovo with sites of destruction, reconstruction, industrial wealth, natural beauty and cultural heritage. |
Stamps design by Shyqri Nimani
La Poste of France, produced the stamps in sheets of 40. The stamps measure 30 mm horizontally by 40 mm vertically. Perforations are 27 by 20. There are no marginal inscriptions. The vertically running text on the left-hand side reads: "United Nations Interim Administration in Kosovo" in three languages-English, Albanian and Serbian-while on the right are the words "Peace-Paqe-Mir". There are six first day covers; five with one stamp each and one.
