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20th Anniversary of the World Health Organization (1968) ●

 

 

 Issue Name:

20th Anniversary of the World Health Organization

 Thai Issue Name:

ครบรอบ 20 ปี องค์การอนามัยโลก

 Issue Date:

1968/2511-09-01

 Cause:

To commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the World Health Organization

 Catalogue Number:

1968/21

 Denomination:

0.5 Baht

 Unused Value:

35 Baht

 Used Value:

6 Baht

 Thailex Collection:

n/c

 Size:

27 x 45 mm

 Quantity of Stamps:

5 million pieces

 Printer:

Thomas De La Rue & Co., Ltd., England

 Subject:

Emblem of the WHO, i.e. a world map on a circular grid and flanked by a laurel wrath, similar to that of the United Nations, yet with additionally the medical Rod of Aesculapius (⚕) at its centre, as well as medical lab equipment, such as test tubes and a laboratory flask.

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25th Anniversary of W.H.O. Day