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Red Cross (1987)

 

 

 Issue Name:

Red Cross 1987

 Thai Issue Name:

กาชาด 2530

 Issue Date:

1987/2530-04-04

 Cause:

To mark the 1987 National Red Cross Fair

 Catalogue Number:

1987/6

 Denomination:

2 + 0.5 Baht (overprinted)

 Unused Value:

35 Baht

 Used Value:

30 Baht

 Thailex Collection:

n/a

 Size:

27 x 45 mm

 Quantity of Stamps:

130,000 pieces

 Printers:

Suomen Pankin Setelipaino, Bank of Finland Security Printing House, Finland; and overprinted by Vachara Printing, Thailand

 Subject:

Red Cross 1981 commemorative stamp with value 0.75+0.25 Baht, surcharged to denomination 2 + 0.5 Baht, overprinted in black. It depicts a Red Cross volunteer nursing a boy laying against a tree in a field, with in the background an off-road ambulance of the brand Land Rover (fig.). On the left side of the picture is the slogan Red Cross: There When It Hurts.

 Related Link:

Thai Red Cross Society, Red Cross (1981)