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Red Cross (2013)

 

front page of Le Petit Journal of 10 June 1893

 

 Issue Name:

Red Cross Commemorative Stamp

 Thai Issue Name:

กาชาด 2556

 Issue Date:

2013/2556-03-29

 Cause:

To draw attention to the Red Cross and to mark the 120th Anniversary of the Thai Red Cross society and the 160th Birthday Anniversary of H.M. King Rama V

 Catalogue Number:

2013/16

 Denomination:

3 Baht

 Unused Value:

5 Baht

 Thailex Collection:

1 Baht

 Size:

51 x 36 mm

 Quantity of Stamps:

1,000,000 pieces

 Printer:

Chan Wanich Security Printing Company Limited, Thailand

 Subject:

Portrait of King Rama V, who set up the Siamese Red Cross Society (fig.), with his consort Queen Sri Savarindira, the Queen Grandmother of Thailand, as appeared on the front page of Le Petit Journal on 10 June 1893, i.e. during the Franco-Siamese War

 Related Links:

Rama V, Chulalongkorn, Sri Savarindira, Franco-Siamese War, Thai Red Cross Society