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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
U.S. 1945 5¢ United Nations Stamp Block
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

U.S. 1945 5¢ United Nations Stamp Block

Object numberMO 2007.1199.2.125
Name Stamp, Postage
Designer (U.S. government agency, founded 1862)
Issuing Body (American, founded 1775)
Date1945
Mediumpaper, ink, adhesive
Dimensionsoverall H 2 1/8 in x W 4 1/8 in (5.4 cm x 10.5 cm )
DescriptionAn unused stamp block, no. 23267, of four U.S. 1945 ultramarine 5¢ United Nations Conference Issue stamps (Scott 928). The stamps feature a quote attributed to Franklin D. Roosevelt: "TOWARD UNITED NATIONS APRIL 25, 1945".
Label TextPresident Franklin D. Roosevelt first discussed a "family of nations" with Prime Minister Winston Churchill at the Atlantic Charter conference in August 1941. In January 1942, representatives of 26 nations met in Washington, DC and signed the United Nations Declaration that pledged to win the war against the Axis Powers. FDR suggested the name "United Nations" for the group, and in October 1943 he sent representatives to Moscow to begin preliminary discussions with their counterparts from the Soviet Union, United Kingdom, and China about the structure of a world political organization.

At the Yalta Conference in February 1945, FDR, Churchill and Premier Stalin of the Soviet Union agreed that the "Big Five" nations (United States, Soviet Union, United Kingdom, France, and China) would be permanent members of a United Nations Security Council, a special committee with powers to keep the peace. The leaders also agreed to call a conference in San Francisco, California on April 25, 1945 (the day this United Nations stamp was released) to prepare a Charter for the new organization. FDR planned to attend the opening of the San Francisco Conference, but he died in Warm Springs, Georgia, on April 12, 1945. Despite this loss, the San Francisco Conference reached final agreement, and delegates from fifty nations signed the Charter on June 26, 1945.
Additional Details
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesStamp Collecting Materials (National Archives Identifier 749938)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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