C2054a | C2054b |
Issue | 150th Anniversary of the Idea of the ICRC | |
First Day | May 8, 2009 | |
Values | 80 yen x 2 (se-tenant pair) | |
Designs | C2054a - Portrait of Henry Dunant | |
C2054b - Poster art and a symbol of the ICRC | ||
Designer | Nakamaru Hitomi (stamp designer) | |
Printing | Offset in 5 colors | |
Size | 25.0 x 35.5 mm, vertical | |
Sheet | 10 stamps (2 x 5) | Sheet |
(Small Notes for the issue) |
The idea of the ICRC all started when a Swiss man, Henry Dunant, traveled to Italy in 1859, and witnessed the Battle of Solferino. He then proposed to organize the national voluntary organizations to help wounded soldiers in the case of war. This idea lead to the foundation of The International Committee of the Red Cross. To commemorate the 150th Anniversary of this idea, two stamps were issued. |