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World Population Year (1974) ●

 

 

 Issue Name:

World Population Year

 Thai Issue Name:

ปีประชากร

 Issue Date:

1974/2517-08-19

 Cause:

To mark the World Population Year designated by the United Nations

 Catalogue Number:

1974/8

 Denomination:

0.75 Baht

 Unused Value:

30 Baht

 Used Value:

7 Baht

 Thailex Collection:

n/c

 Size:

27 x 45 mm

 Quantity of Stamps:

3,000,000 pieces

 Printer:

Joh. Enschedé en Zonen Grafische Inrichting B.V., Holland

 Subject:

A line of icons depicting people standing in rows of four, as seen from above. In the top left corner is the emblem of the UN World Population Year, i.e. a blue circle flanked by a blue laurel and with in white the stylized silhouettes of people lying down in a circle with their feet together while stretching out their arms, the hands touching and thus forming a snow crystal-like figure.

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sahaprachachaat, India Baby Clock