Tuberculosis Control Campaign - 4 fils

Tuberculosis Control Campaign - 4 fils

Year
1963
Face Value
4
Mint Value
-
Used Value
-
Print Run
-
Themes
health

Catalogs References

Michel
KW 195
Yvert & Tellier
KW 193
Stanley Gibbons
KW 196

Technical Details

Colors
Multicolor
Perforation
13 x 12½
Printing
Photogravure
Printers
Joh. Enschedé
This issue marks Kuwait's integration into global humanitarian networks and its mid-century public health modernization efforts. The central vignette features a detailed anatomical rendering of human lungs, flanked on one side by the official emblem of the World Health Organization comprising the staff of Asclepius superimposed over the United Nations world map projection and on the other by the sovereign coat of arms of Kuwait, which displays a traditional dhow vessel enclosed by the sweeping wings of a golden falcon. Historically, this release documents the state's active participation in the synchronized international campaign to eradicate tuberculosis, reflecting the newly independent nation's rapid development of civic medical infrastructure, specialized sanitariums, and structural alignment with western epidemiological standards.