A commemorative postage stamp on the 25th Anniversary of the Nepal Red Cross Society (NRCS) :
Issued by Nepal
Issued on Sep 12, 1988
Issued by :
His Majesty’s Government
Postal Services Department
Nepal Philatelic Bureau
Kathmandu
Design : The present postage stamp brought out on the occasion of Silver Jubilee of Nepal Red Cross Society depicts the logo of the Red Cross and a picture showing the preservation of blood, donated by people.
Designer : M. N. Rana
Type : Stamp, Postal Used
Denomination : Re. 1
Colour : Two colours
Size : 27.5 x 38.5 mm
Format : Vertical
Paper : Special stamp paper
Quantity : 5,000,000 (Five millions)
Sheet : 50
Process : Offset
Printer : Austrian Government Printing Office, Vienna, Austria
About :
- Nepal Red Cross Society was established on 4th September, 1963 and was recognised by International Committee of the Red Cross on 1st October 1964. Its objectives lie in working with the principles of Red Cross without any discrimination of religion, caste, creed, colour, nationality, sex and political ideology.
- It has been operating welfare schemes like natural calamity relief, blood transfusion service, ambulance service and basic health services and community development programmes through its branch offices.
