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    AZERBAIJANI AMERICANS INTRODUCE TURKIC PEACE POSTAGE STAMP IN USA

    news.az
    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
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