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International Year for Disabled Persons (1981)

 

a crippled schoolboy with crutches ascending a flight of steps aided by a boy scout    a disabled man in a wheelchair cutting gems on a whetstone

 

 Issue Name:

International Year for Disabled Persons

 Thai Issue Name:

ปีคนพิการสากล

 Issue Date:

1981/2524-02-28

 Cause:

To commemorate the 1981 International Year for Disabled Persons (IYDP) as proclaimed by the United Nations, with the theme Full Participation and Equality. Its aim was to increase public awareness, as well as understanding and acceptance of persons who are disabled in order to improve their situation

 Catalogue Number:

1981/8-9

 Denomination:

0.75 Baht, 5 Baht

 Unused Value:

16 Baht, 39 Baht

 Complete Set: 

55 Baht (unused), 27 Baht (used)

 Thailex Collection:

Unused set

 Size:

27 x 45 mm (30 x 48 mm incl. white border)

 Quantity of Stamps:

5 million pieces for the first design, 1 million pieces for the other design

 Printer:

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

 Subject:

1. a crippled schoolboy with crutches ascending a flight of steps aided by a boy scout; 2. a disabled man in a wheelchair cutting gems on a whetstone. Both stamps have the IYDP logo in the top left corner, which consists of two stylized people, one black and the other white with black bars, standing with the feet touching and holding arms while leaning away from each other, thus forming a V-Shape, flanked by twigs with pinnate leaves

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