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Norwegian Statesman - First Secretary General of the United Nations
LIE, Trygve (1896-1968). Norwegian statesman, Minister of justice (1935-39), Foreign Minister (1941-46). First Secretary General of the United nations (1946-52). He is the first person to be pictured on a U.N. stamp. Plate block of four U.S. 5 cent Adlai Stevenson stamps. Stevenson was appointed the U.S. Delegate to the U.N’s General Assembly at its first session and returned there in 1961 as Ambassador for President John F. Kennedy. Signed by Trygve Lie across the stamps. Possibly unique................$135.00
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