The United Nations Postal Administration plans to release a set of six stamps and a souvenir card in recognition of the U.N.'s crime prevention program. The new issues will be released Sept. 16, at the conclusion of the Eighth U.N. Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, held in Havana.

The U.N. program of crime prevention and criminal justice aims to reduce crime throughout the world and to establish international standards for the administration of justice.The program was established in 1950 to provide a forum for the presentation of policies and to stimulate progress. Crime congresses meet every five years. Each stamp represents one of six topics on the agenda of the 1990 Crime Congress. Stamps bearing U.S. denominations of 25 cents and 36 cents depict crimes of young offenders, organized crime and criminal activities.

The souvenir card features the complete set of six stamps and carries a message from Javier Perez de Cuellar, U.N. secretary general. It reads: "Trans-national crime presents a growing threat to individuals and societies all over the world. It must be combatted through a concerted drive by the whole international community."

For information on acquiring these issues, write to: U.N. Postal Administration, United Nations, New York, NY 10017.

Indian Headdresses Booklet

Five spectacular Indian headdresses will be featured on a new set of U.S. 25-cent commemorative stamps, the first in the popular Folk Art Series to be issued in booklet form.

The horizontal stamps depict headdresses from the Assiniboine, Cheyenne, Comanche, Flathead and Shoshone tribes. The designs were based on a privately owned Comanche bonnet and four headdresses in the Plains Indian Museum at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, Wyo.

Headdresses, sometimes called war bonnets, were worn by the Indian men as badges of honor and prestige.

First-day cancellations are available in either of two ways. The deadline for ordering is Sept. 16.

Collectors may buy the stamps at a local post office, affix them to their own self-addressed covers and send them to: Customer-Affixed Envelopes, Indian Headdresses Stamps, Postmaster, 1301 Stampede Ave., Cody, WY 82414-9991. The Postal Service gives this type of request preferential service.

You may have the Postal Service affix the stamps, but it will only affix sets of five stamps, one per envelope. Therefore, for each set you order, you must submit five self-addressed envelopes and a check or money order for $1.25. Requests for specific stamps will not be honored. Send these orders to: Indian Headdresses Stamps, Postmaster, Cody, WY 82414-9992.

Aruba honors nature

The West Indies island of Aruba has issued two new stamps series with the themes environment protection and underwater view.

The environment protection set contains three stamps. The 45-cent depicts a landscape showing the restoration of nature; the 55-cent illustrates the Aruban Eagle, or "wara wara"; and the 1-florin shows respect for the living sea.

The underwater views set has two 60-cent, two 70-cent and three 1-florin stamps. Pictured are anemones, shrimp, queen angelfish, red coral and sponges, all found in Aruban waters.

One for baseball fans

Collectors who specialize in baseball stamps will welcome a multicolored commemorative envelope honoring the International Baseball Association All-Star Game held recently in Atlanta.

The envelope bears the special IBA baseball pictorial postmark and the U.S. Lou Gehrig stamp. It is available for $4.95 from the U.S. Stamp Collectors Society, P.O. Box 854, Van Nuys, CA 91408.

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Two issues from Denmark

Two new issues from Denmark should be of interest to collectors.

One is a stamp honoring the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Danish Diabetes Association. Danish physician Hans Christian Hagedorn discovered insulin and initiated research and treatment of diabetes by the use of insulin.

The other issue is a stamp set featuring three village churches from the Romanesque period of the 11th and 12th centuries. Of the more than 2,000 churches in Denmark, almost 1,800 date from that period.

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