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United Nations Day (1952)

 

 

 Issue Name:

United Nations Day

 Thai Issue Name:

วันสหประชาชาติ

 Issue Date:

1952/2495-10-24

 Cause:

To commemorate the 1952 United Nations Day on October 24th, the day it officially came into existence in 1945, and which is celebrated annually around the world as UN Day

 Catalogue Number:

1952/1

 Denomination:

0.25 Baht

 Unused Value:

150 Baht

 Complete Set: 

800 Baht (6 stamps of the years 1951 to 1956, unused or used)

 Thailex Collection:

n/a

 Size:

30 x 25 mm

 Quantity of Stamps:

120,000 pieces

 Printer:

Waterlow & Sons Limited, England

 Subject:

Logo of the UN in white on a pale blue background, overprinted horizontally by the year 1952 in red, and surrounded by a dark blue ribbon with the Thai text วันที่ระลึก สหประชาชาติ 24 ตุลาคม, i.e. United Nations Memorial Day 24 October’. In English, above the logo and printed in dark blue is a similar text, namely United Nations Day October 24.

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