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Red Cross Fair (1985)

 

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

 

 Issue Name:

1985 Red Cross Fair

 Thai Issue Name:

ชุดที่ระลึกงานกาชาด 2528

 Issue Date:

1985/2528-03-30

 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

 Catalogue Number:

1985/5

 Denomination:

2 + 0.25 Baht (overprinted)

 Unused Value:

40 Baht

 Used Value:

30 Baht

 Thailex Collection:

n/a

 Size:

21 x 27 mm

 Quantity of Stamps:

200,000 pieces

 Printer:

Joh. Enschedé Stamps, Security Printers B.V., The Netherlands; and overprinted by Vachara Printing, Thailand

 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

 Related Link:

Thai Red Cross Society, Red Cross Fair (1979)