URU - 2012 - #018 - BLOCK - YEAR OF COOPERATIVES

Uruguay - 2012 - International Year of Cooperatives (IYC)

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Issue information:

Country: Uruguay
Date: July 6th, 2012 ( Previous )

Printed: 15.000 copies
Block Configuration: 10 stamps and 5 different Bullets [5 x (2 Stamps + 1 Bullets)]
Item Shape and Size: Rectangular [146 mm. x 179 mm.]
Perforation: Circular
Gum: Water Activated

Catalogue information:

Michel: No Data Available
Ivert: No Data Available
Scott: No Data Available
Stanley & Gibbons: No Data Available

Topics:

The main topic of this stamp is the commemoration of the year of the International Year of Cooperatives (IYC).

This year was assigned to cooperatives by the United Nations ( Previous ) General Assembly, in the Resolution 64/136 published in December 18th, 2009.

A cooperative is an autonomous association of persons who voluntarily cooperate for their mutual social, economic, and cultural benefit.

The stamp has an iconic design, full of diverse items.

You can see in it, a worker digging, useful for Work ( Previous ) topic.

Also a Familiar House and a Factory, for Buildings collections.

And in the last one, the smoke from the Factory Chimney, for Contamination Topic, also for Fluids ( Previous ) Collection, and even for Air related ones.

Then, two Hands ( Previous ) in a handshaking, useful for Human body ( Previous ) Collections, or even Friendship, or Business, ones.

Also a Recycling Symbol is shown.

And, the last iconic figure consist in a fishing scene, that includes the Ship ( Previous ) , and a Fish, making this stamp also useful for Animal Kindom or Fauna ( Previous ) Collection.

The FDC did not add more topics, it only shows again the handshaking icon, and adds the motto that express the theme of this year for cooperatives that is: “Las empresas cooperativas ayudan a construir un mundo mejor”, which is translated to english to: “Cooperative enterprises build a better world”.

Finally, the block, adds many topics in its five bullets that are included in its peculiar design.

One icon shows a man reading a Book.

Other shows two Children swinging in a Hammock, that could be useful in Childhood Topic or also in Joyful activities.

Then, using two bullets to set this icon, a two plate weighing scale is shown also, that fit in Scales Topic, or in a wider collection about Measuring Instruments.

Also, this weighing scale, in the cooperative context that commemorate the stamp, it refers to Equality, and to Justice.

Another icon shown is one representing a man protecting itself from Rain using an Umbrella. This make the block useful in Weather Collections, and in Clothing Topics.

In the same bullet an Injured man appears, more precisely with an injury in his right arm inferred because of the Sling Bandage he is wearing, making this bullet useful for Medicine ( Previous ) Topics.

Always moving down in the column of Bullets, there is an icon showing a Pine forest, so the Trees ( Previous ) Topic is included, and Vegetable Kindom or Flora Topic ( Previous ) also.

Then a countryside scene is shown, composed by a Horseman herding a Cow ( Previous ) Cow, making this scene useful for Animal Husbandry ( Previous ) Industry Topic, also for a Horse Related Collection, and also for a wider Animal Kindom or Fauna ( Previous ) Collection.

Finally, the last Bullet shows two icons, and the word Solidarity ( Previous ) .

The first with a Truck, useful for Transport or Automovile Collections, carrying Wheat, useful also for Agriculture Industry related Topics.

The second showing what seems to be some Bank Activity, because of Money Bill shown above the scene of one person attending the other in an office. For this reason this item could be useful for Economy Collections.

In the Bullets are also represented the same Fishing icon and the handshaking one that are included in the stamp, so its topic were not analyzed for the block.

If consider that there are another topics in this stamp, that were not spot in this review, you are encouraged to telling me about them, so please do not hesitate to post a comment. I would appreciate your help very much.