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International Youth Year (1985)

 

 

 Issue Name:

International Youth Year

 Thai Issue Name:

ปีเยาวชนสากล

 Issue Date:

1985/2528-11-26

 Cause:

To commemorate the U.N. International Youth Year

 Catalogue Number:

1985/36

 Denomination:

2 Baht

 Unused Value:

18 Baht

 Used Value:

4 Baht

 Thailex Collection:

Unused stamp

 Size:

27 x 45 mm

 Quantity of Stamps:

3,000,000 pieces

 Printer:

Harrison & Sons (Hayes & High Wycombe) Ltd., England

 Subject:

The emblem of the United Nations' International Youth Year, i.e. three heads in various shades of blue inside a blue wreath, over the text International Youth Year 1985 and the words Participation, Development, Peace, and in white, in the top left corner, the emblem of the National Youth of Thailand, which normally consists of a shield with the colours of the Thai national flag and and a green circle with in white the Thai text yahwachon (เยาวชน), i.e. ‘Youth’, underneath a golden crown with beams of light radiating from the top, and over the Thai text phalang phattanah chaht (พลังพัฒนาชาติ), i.e. ‘Strength of National Development’ in red, and which is flanked by some vegetation, akin to a wreath.

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