Marshall Islands -6th Decade of 20th Century -M/S- Scott #702a-o

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Marshall Islands 1999 – Sixth Decade of 20th Century – MINT

Miniature Sheet of 15

Decade of Peril and Progress (1950-1959)…

(#a: 60c value): World enters age of television

(#b: 60c value): Cold war battles erupt

(#c: 60c value): Vaccines conquer scourge of polio

(#d: 60c value): U.S., U.S.S.R. engage in arms race

(#e: 60c value): Science begins to unravel genetic code

(#f: 60c value): Conquests reach unconquered heights

(#g: 60c value): Pageantry reassures commonwealth

(#h: 60c value): Rock n’ Roll reshapes music beat

(#i: 60c value): Sun sets on Colonial Empires

(#j: 60c value): World condemns racial discrimination

(#k: 60c value):Unrest challenges Communism’s march

(#l: 60c value): Vision of European Union takes form

(#m: 60c value): Space race opens space age

(#n: 60c value): Jets shrink time and distance

(#o: 60c value): Microchip presages computer revolution

Marshall Islands-Scott #702a-o