The Dag Hammarskjöld Memorial Crash Site marks the place of the plane crash in which Dag Hammarskjöld, the second and then-sitting Secretary-General of the United Nations was killed on 17 September 1961, while on a mission to the Léopoldville Congo Republic. The site is located 10 km from Ndola, in the Copperbelt Province of Zambia.
In 1964 the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation Committee was formed to ensure that the memory of this world statesman lives forever in the country where he met his tragedy. At the Crash site a memorial garden was established with a cairn at the centre and a lawn around it with a belt of shrubs and trees on the outer circle.
The site was declared a national and historical monument in 1970.
Details
- Designer: John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd, Leeds, England
- Printer: The House of Questa
- Process: Lithography (Questa Colour)
- Paper:
- Watermark: None
- Perf: 13.5 x 14 (comb)
- Cylinders: Printed in panes of four and separated by vertical and horizontal gutters. Divided into two panes through vertical gutter for distribution.
- 1A (Cyan) 1A (Yellow) 1A (Magenta) 1A (Black) : 1B (Cyan) 1B (Yellow) 1B (Magenta) 1B (Black) [upper left : lower left]
- 1C (Cyan) 1C (Yellow) 1C (Magenta) 1C : 1D (Cyan) 1D (Yellow) 1D (Magenta) 1D (Black) [bottom left : bottom right]
- Sheet: R5 x 5 (25 stamps)
- Quantity: 73,898 (sold)
