AIDS on Stamps

Bosnia-Herzegovina (Muslim/Sarajevo)

Scott number unknown

This is a semi-postal stamp from one of the three official postal agencies of Bosnia-Herzegovina. It may or may not be from 2001, I won't know for sure until I can examine the stamp (or get a better scan). The seller had the postal agency wrong, so he may have the year wrong as well. An almost identical stamp was issued on May 8, 2002. See the under investigation page for more details.

As of the 2009 Scott catalog, Scott suspects more stamps exist in this series and has reserved nearby numbers in case they should find them. I have yet to see any evidence of this over the past few years though, and the souvenier sheet (941a) suggests that these two may be the only ones that exist.

Honduras

Scott C1090-3

While not obviously AIDS-related, these stamps are part of the UPAEP's year 2000 theme on AIDS awareness. Honduras was late with their rather lackluster contribution to the effort though and released these stamps in 2001. Apparently the word "monogamous" on a stamp is sufficient to placate the UPAEP. A close look at the 2000 stamps will find the UPAEP logo on stamps from numerous Spanish-speaking countries along with much better examples of what an AIDS-awareness stamp should look like.

Lesotho

Scott 1292

This stamp is from the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees set. Thanks to Bill from United Nations Philatelists' Topicals Listings for helping me track down the Scott number on this one.