Two Mexican Stamps

Two Mexican stamps issued in 1977.

Here are two new stamps I added to my collection this week: a couple of Mexican stamps from 1977-78.

The stamp on the left is a special airmail issue from that year commemorating 40 years of Mexico's Federal Board of Conciliation and Arbitration. This board is Mexico's equivalent of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service government agencies in the US and Canada, who also intervene in labor disputes. This stamp was issued in a $1.60 peso denomination.

A side view of the airmail stamp.

The stamp on the right is a special anti-tuberculosis seal issued in Mexico during 1977. These stamps are issued yearly by Mexico's National Committee Against Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases (C.N.LT., or Comité Nacional de Lucha contra la Tuberculosis Mexico). In 1977, the subject for the seals that year were cactii from around the world. The artwork on this particular stamp is of a sea urchin cactus and, like all other anti-tuberculosis issues, it features the Cross of Lorraine international anti-tuberculosis logo in the corner. This stamp was a 20 centavos issue and was issued on New Year's Day 1977.

Links:
-http://tbsealsmexico.org/english.htm (English homepage of the CNLT and of the Mexican anti-tuberculosis seals.)