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Red Cross (2012)

 

Red Cross

 

 Issue Name:

Red Cross Commemorative Stamp

 Thai Issue Name:

กาชาด 2555

 Issue Date:

2012/2555-03-30

 Cause:

To draw attention to the Red Cross and its missions

 Catalogue Number:

2012/16

 Denomination:

3 Baht

 Unused Value:

5 Baht

 Used Value:

1 Baht

 Thailex Collection:

Unused stamp

 Size:

30 x 48 mm

 Quantity of Stamps:

1,000,000 pieces

 Printer:

Thai British Security Printing Public Company Limited, Thailand

 Subject:

Mascots of the Thai Red Cross Society's Fund Raising Bureau, i.e. a boy holding a donation box and known as Nong Klong Boon (น้องกล่องบุญ), i.e. ‘Merit Box Boy’, and a girl referred to as Noo Im Jai (หนูอิ่มใจ), i.e. ‘Full Hearted (i.e. Satisfied or Happy) Girl’, who is putting her hands together in a grateful wai. In the background is the picture of a boat providing relief aid, one of the Red Cross' missions during the 2011 flood crisis.

 Related Link:

Thai Red Cross Society, nahm thuam, boon, wai, nah fon, monsoon