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Red Cross Fair (1980)

 

 

 Issue Name:

1980 Red Cross Fair

 Thai Issue Name:

ชุดที่ระลึกงานกาชาด 2523

 Issue Date:

1980/2523-04-06

 Cause:

To commemorate the 1980 Red Cross Fair

 Catalogue Number:

1980/8

 Denomination:

0.75 Baht + 0.25 Baht

 Size:

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

 Unused Value:

16 Baht

 Used Value:

16 Baht

 Thailex Collection:

Unused stamp

 Quantity of Stamps:

3 million pieces

 Printer:

Joh. Enschedé Stamps, Security Printers B.V., The Netherlands

 Subject:

Demonstration of the antivenin process, in which the venom is milked from a snake at Bangkok's Red Cross Snake Farm, in order to produce an anti-ophidic serum, i.e. an antidote against a venomous snake bite.

 Related Link:

Thai Red Cross Society, snake farm, Venomous Snakes, Red Cross - Provisional Issue (1986), snake