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Centenary of the Discovery of the TB Bacillus (1982) ●

 

 

 Issue Name:

Centenary of the Discovery of the TB Bacillus

 Thai Issue Name:

ครบรอบ 100 ปี ที่พบเชื้อวัณโรค โดยโรเบิร์ต ค็อด

 Issue Date:

1982/2525-04-07

 Cause:

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the discovery of the TB Bacillus by Robert Koch, who on 24 March 1882 announced to the Berlin Physiological Society that he had discovered the cause of tuberculosis, for which he in 1905 received the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine.

 Catalogue Number:

1982/13

 Denomination:

1.25 Baht

 Unused Value:

20 Baht

 Used Value:

5 Baht

 Thailex Collection:

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 Size:

27 x 45 mm

 Quantity of Stamps:

4,000,000 pieces

 Printer:

Joh. Enschedé en Zonen Grafische Inrichting B.V., The Netherlands

 Subject:

Background composed of the portrait of Robert Koch, who in 1882 discovered the TB Bacillus which causes tuberculosis, and which appears six times, each with an overlay in a different colour, varying from green to blue. In the foreground is a red Patriarchal Cross, also known as a Lorraine Cross, i.e. a Latin Cross with an additional −yet shorter− vertical bar, called titulus (piece of wood on a cross which displayed an inscription) and situated above the single vertical bar of a Latin Cross, which since 1902 is the logo of the Lung Association, symbolizing the crusade against tuberculosis.

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