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World Health Day (1980) ●

 

 

 Issue Name:

World Health Day 1980

 Thai Issue Name:

วันอนามัยโลก 2523

 Issue Date:

1980/2523-04-07

 Cause:

To commemorate the 1980 World Health Day and publicize the dangers of smoking tobacco

 Catalogue Number:

1980/9

 Denomination:

0.75 Baht

 Size:

27 x 45 mm

 Unused Value:

20 Baht

 Used Value:

5 Baht

 Thailex Collection:

n/c

 Quantity of Stamps:

6 million pieces

 Printer:

The Government Printing Bureau, Ministry of Finance, Japan

 Subject:

Depiction of two young men smoking cigarettes and producing  dark cloud of smoke, as well as the blue silhouette of a human figure on which the brain, respiratory tract, lungs and heart are highlighted. In white, in the top left corner, is the logo of the United Nations, whose World Health Organization sponsors and promulgates the annual World Health Day, whilst along the upper edge of the stamp is the text ‘SMOKING OR HEALTH, THE CHOICE IS YOURS’, and a Thai equivalent thereof.

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