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Issue
Name: |
International Year for
Disabled Persons |
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Thai
Issue
Name: |
ปีคนพิการสากล |
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Issue Date: |
1981/2524-02-28 |
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Cause: |
To commemorate the 1981
International Year for Disabled Persons (IYDP) as proclaimed
by the United Nations, with the theme Full Participation and
Equality. Its aim was to increase public awareness, as well
as understanding and acceptance of persons who are disabled
in order to improve their situation |
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Catalogue Number: |
1981/8-9 |
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Denomination: |
0.75 Baht, 5 Baht |
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Unused Value: |
16 Baht,
39 Baht |
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Complete Set: |
55 Baht (unused), 27 Baht
(used) |
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Thailex Collection: |
Unused set |
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Size: |
27 x 45 mm
(30 x 48 mm incl. white border) |
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Quantity
of Stamps: |
5 million pieces for the first design, 1 million
pieces for the other design |
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Printer: |
Joh. Enschedé en Zonen
Grafische Inrichting B.V., The Netherlands |
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Subject: |
1. a crippled schoolboy with
crutches ascending a flight of steps aided by a boy scout;
2. a disabled man in a wheelchair cutting gems on a
whetstone. Both stamps have the IYDP logo in the top left
corner, which consists of two stylized people, one black and
the other white with black bars, standing with the feet
touching and holding arms while leaning away from each
other, thus forming a V-Shape, flanked by twigs with pinnate
leaves |
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Related Link: |
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