23-February... Founding of International Organization for Standardization (ISO)...



To develop, promote and publish standardization in all technical fields, and to facilitate international exchange of goods and services, International Organization for Standardization (ISO) was founded on this day (23-Feb) in the year 1947...

Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, ISO as of 2022 has about 167 member countries who were represented by their respective National Standards Organizations...

The 6th General Assembly of ISO was held in the year 1964 at New Delhi and this was the first time that the GA meeting was held in an Asian country... To commemorate the General Assembly meeting, India Post released a 15-naya paisa postage stamp...

The stamp features Part of globe highlighting Indian map ; Ashoka Chakra of India ; the logo of Indian Standards Institution (ISI)...

This stamp can be collected under the themes:

(a) Globe / World...
(b) Maps...
(c) Symbols / Emblems / Logos...
(d) Ashoka Chakra of India...



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