AZERBAIJANI AMERICANS INTRODUCE TURKIC PEACE POSTAGE STAMP IN USA
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Jan 19 2010
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani-American Council An official postage stamp to promote
Turkic heritage has been issued in the USA on the initiative of the
Azerbaijani-American Council (AAC).
On 17 January 2010, the AAC introduced a US Postal Service (USPS)
approved postage stamp to promote Turkic heritage and to encourage
the active participation of Turkic-speaking Americans in the 2010
US Census.
The postage stamp, which depicts the official logo of the Pax Turcica
initiative, is now publicly available for purchase via the AAC’s
online store at Zazzle.com, the certified USPS vendor.
Pax Turcica (Latin for "Turkic Peace") is a grassroots initiative
started in 2009 by a group of Turkic-American organizations including
the AAC. Its primary aim is to raise awareness about shared Turkic
identity and to promote understanding of the Turkic-speaking world via
academic programs, grassroots networking and cross-cultural dialogue.
The First Pax Turcica conference, in May 2009 at Columbia University,
paved the way for a series of activities to study Turkic heritage
and to understand the importance of the contemporary Turkic world.
The stamp dedicated to the 2010 Census is also part of the AAC’s
ongoing commitment to its newly established partnership with the US
Census Bureau. Within the scope of this partnership, in February-March
2010, the AAC will join other Azeri-, Turkish- and Turkic-American
associations in organizing Census community awareness seminars
throughout the US.
The Pax Turcica Census awareness stamp is the second USPS-approved
postage stamp developed by the AAC. In April 2009, the AAC introduced
the first US postage stamp dedicated to the historic city of Shusha
in the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan. Depicting the original coat
of arms of Shusha from 1843, this stamp is also available via AAC’s
store at Zazzle.com.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
