Postage stamps
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 8.250 inches (20.955 cm) | Width: 6.500 inches (16.51 cm)
Archival History
The postage stamps were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015 by Morris Tobias, on behalf of the Raoul Wallenberg Unit of B'nai B'rith International, Melbourne, Australia.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Morris Tobias, on behalf of the Raoul Wallenberg Unit of B'nai B'rith International, Melbourne, Australia
Scope and Content
Postage stamps from Australia, commemorating Raoul Wallenberg. Issued by Australia Post in October 2015, honoring Raoul Wallenberg, who had been made an honorary citizen of Australia posthumously, in 2013. Also includes the two other stamps issued in this series, which honored Mother Teresa and Nelson Mandela, as humanitarians who were officially recognized as such by the government of Australia, along with Wallenberg.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Three stamps of Mother Teresa, Nelson Mandela and Raoul Wallenberg, attached to a folding card
Genre
- Exchange Media
- Object