Issue
Name: |
1985 Red Cross Fair |
Thai Issue
Name: |
ชุดที่ระลึกงานกาชาด
2528 |
Issue Date: |
1985/2528-03-30 |
Cause: |
To commemorate the 1985 Red Cross Fair and to
promote eye donation in order to prevent blindness, using
the 1979 Red Cross Fair commemorative
stamp
(fig.)
with overprint in black |
Catalogue Number: |
1985/5 |
Denomination: |
2 + 0.25 Baht (overprinted) |
Unused Value: |
40 Baht |
Used Value: |
30 Baht |
Thailex Collection: |
n/a |
Size: |
21 x 27 mm |
Quantity
of Stamps: |
200,000
pieces |
Printer: |
Joh.
Enschedé
Stamps, Security Printers B.V., The Netherlands;
and overprinted by Vachara Printing, Thailand |
Subject: |
Commemorative
postage stamp of the
1979 Red Cross Fair,
surcharged to the denomination of 2 + 0.25 Baht, overprinted
in black. It illustrates a human eye and the contours of a blind man
walking with a stick, as well as the outline of a human face
and the slogan: Give Eye, Give New Life |
Related Link: |
Thai Red Cross Society,
Red Cross Fair (1979) |