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The Ten Lost WNS Years
The WNS (WADP Numbering System) was created by the World Association for the
Development of Philately (WADP) and implemented by the Universal Postal Union (UPU). The WNS website was launched on January 1, 2002. The new numbering system was supposed to be the foundation for an online database of all stamps lawfully issued worldwide, starting by 1/1/2002, and its goal was to fight against the large-scale manufacture and sale of illegal stamps. The WNS put on its site the following statement: "The WNS website is therefore a reference tool and a control, by omission, of stamps that have been issued illegally and labels that are claimed to be stamps. The WNS is one of the tools the UPU has introduced, helping the Posts and the philatelic market as a whole to combat this problem." The time came, ten years later, for looking back at the results and, if this is the case, for the celebration of the accomplished work. One can wonder why nothing in what concerns this 10 years anniversary is mentioned on the WNS site itself (www.wnsstamps.ch). The following article will try to bring its contribution to the explanation of why we see _no_ fireworks on the WNS site: http://www.pwmo.org/Illegals/2012-te...-wns-years.htm -- Victor Manta, PWO, AIJP ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Philatelic Webmasters Organization: http://pwmo.org/ Art on Stamps: http://artonstamps.org/ Romania by Stamps: http://marci-postale.com/ Communism on Stamps: http://reds-on.postalstamps.biz/ Spanish North Africa: http://www.sna-on.postalstamps.biz/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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