The next United Nations personalized stamp sheet was issued on 1 June 2007, and as of this date, remains on sale at the UNPA website. It is a very strange emission in a lot of ways. First, the U.S. international airmail rate had changed from 84 cents (the value of each stamp on the sheet) to 90 cents in the previous month. So, the stamps in the sheet paid no discernible rate at the time of release.
Next, when the sheet was released, the stamps were to be the same stamps as in the Japan 50th Anniversary sheet. Since there was such an outcry over the Japan anniversary sheet, UNPA probably decided to go ahead and release this sheet, so as to lower the rarity of the stamps in that sheet. Unfortunately, that did not work at all. The Japan 40th Anniversary sheet was printed with offset lithography by Sprintpak Security Print (Australia). The perforations are 14.4 x 14.4 and the stamp size is 30 mm x 30.55 mm. The Peaceful Visions sheet was printed by Lowe-Martin Co., Inc. (Canada) using a 600 dpi digitized 4 color process. The perforations are 13.2 and the stamp size is 30 mm x 30 mm. Needless to say, the stamps in the sheet received their own Scott number (931) and Michel Number (1065).
Finally, the sheet is not personalizable. This is due to the artwork on the tabs by Slavka Kolesar, who also designed the stamp set issued at the same time. So, while the name "personalized stamp sheet" is somewhat of a misnomer, we can just think of the sheet as "personalized only by Slavka Kolesar."
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