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25th Anniversary of W.H.O. Day (1973) ●

 

 

 Issue Name:

25th Anniversary of W.H.O. Day

 Thai Issue Name:

ครบรอบ 25 ปี วันอนามัยโลก

 Issue Date:

1973/2516-04-07

 Cause:

To commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the World Health Organization, which was founded on 7 April 1948

 Catalogue Number:

1973/3

 Denomination:

0.75 Baht

 Unused Value:

30 Baht

 Used Value:

7 Baht

 Thailex Collection:

n/c

 Size:

27 x 21 mm

 Quantity of Stamps:

3,000,000 pieces

 Printer:

The Government Printing Bureau, Ministry of Finance, Japan

 Subject:

A thevada floating in the air, with on the left side, in white, the 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.

 Related Link:

thevada, Thanwantari, phaet sawan, Shen Nong, Li Tieh-kuai, Yaoshi Fo, Bhaisajyaguru, Ashwin, 20th Anniversary of the World Health Organization