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President Franklin Roosevelt requested that the design of this stamp, commemorating the United Nations Peace Conference, be as simple as possible. He suggested the wording “Toward United Nations.” He also requested that the stamp have a 5¢ denomination so it could be used to send foreign first-class mail.
Unfortunately, President Roosevelt, who for so long had worked for world peace and a United Nations, died just two weeks before the U.N. conference, making this the last stamp issued during his era. His name was added.
Forming the United Nations
When 46 nations gathered in San Francisco on April 25, 1945, they were exhausted from the extended war, disheartened by the inhumanity they’d seen, and determined to prevent future generations from experiencing what they had seen firsthand. Their ultimate goal was to form an international organization that would have the power to maintain security and foster prosperity and give human rights an international legal status.
