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Together We Fight Against COVID-19 (2020)

 

2020/22

 

 Issue Name:

Together We Fight Against COVID-19

 Thai Issue Name:

ร่วมใจต้านภัยโควิด-19

 Issue Date:

2020/2563-08-14

 Cause:

To bring awareness of the COVID-19 pandemic and urge people to follow the rules of social distancing and promote the wearing of facial masks to prevent the spread of this highly contagious and lethal corona virus

 Catalogue Number:

2020/22-23

 Denomination:

3 Baht, 3 Baht

 Unused Value:

3 Baht, 3 Baht

 Complete Set:

6 Baht (unused), 2 Baht (used)

 Thailex Collection:

n/a

 Size:

30 x 48 mm for both designs

 Quantity of Stamps:

400,000 pieces per design

 Printer:

Thai British Security Printing Public Company Limited, Thailand

 Subject:

A pair of se-tenant stamps depicting scenes of the battle against the COVID-19 disease, including medical staff wearing protective gear and volunteers with facial screens and masks taking peoples' temperature and performing corona-tests on patients, as well as other individuals with facial masks, the enforcement of preventive measures to stop the spread of this deadly corona virus, such as the spraying of a disinfectant, social distancing and the use of screens at reception counters. The central connection point of the se-tenant stamps shows a motorcycle postman (fig.) delivering a box with medical supplies to a nurse. In the background are dotted lines that in the left design show the year when the outbreak became a pandemic in Thai, i.e. 2563 BE (๒๕๖๓), whereas the design on the right has that year in western numbers, i.e. 2020.

 Related Links:

Thai Red Cross Society, nah kaak