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Issue
Name: |
1985 Red Cross Fair |
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Thai Issue
Name: |
ชุดที่ระลึกงานกาชาด
2528 |
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Issue Date: |
1985/2528-03-30 |
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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 |
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Catalogue Number: |
1985/5 |
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Denomination: |
2 + 0.25 Baht (overprinted) |
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Unused Value: |
40 Baht |
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Used Value: |
30 Baht |
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Thailex Collection: |
n/a |
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Size: |
21 x 27 mm |
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Quantity
of Stamps: |
200,000
pieces |
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Printer: |
Joh.
Enschedé
Stamps, Security Printers B.V., The Netherlands;
and overprinted by Vachara Printing, Thailand |
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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 |
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Related Link: |
Thai Red Cross Society,
Red Cross Fair (1979) |