FIRST DAY COVER (FDC)
Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by an infection Mycobacterium Tuberculosis which mostly has affected the lungs but sometimes the other parts of the body. Today, TB is mostly common, having bad effect over one third of the world’s population, with 9 million new cases each year, causing 2 million deaths, mostly in developing countries.
On the occasion of World Tuberculosis Day, when Dr. Robert Koch detected the cause of tuberculosis and made propaganda against TB in Vietnam, on the 24th of March 2012, the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) issues the special stampset “ For a Vietnam free of Tuberculosis! ”
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Date of issue:
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March 24th, 2012
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Stamp size:
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43x32 (mm)
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Perforation:
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13
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Sheet composition:
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25
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FDC:
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01 covers
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FDC size:
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180 x 110 (mm)
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Maxicard:
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01
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Maxicard size:
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150 x 100 (mm)
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Designers:
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Ms. Tran Ngoc Uyen & Mr. Do Lenh Tuan
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Printing process:
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Offset
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Colour:
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Multicoloured
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Paper:
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Gummed
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Printer:
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Postal Stamps Printing Company (in Ho Chi Minh City)
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