A commemorative postage stamp on the 25^th Anniversary of the SOS Children’s Villages, an independent, non-governmental international development organization :

Issued by Nepal

Issued on May 20, 1974 [7 Jestha 2031]

Issued by :
His Majesty’s Government
Postal Services Dept.
Nepal Philatelic Bureau
Kathmandu

Designer : K. Karmacharya

Type : Stamp, Postal Used

Denomination : 25 Paisa

Colour : Bicolour

Size : 57.3 x 34 mm.

Paper : Unwatermarked gummed paper

Quantity : 1,000000

Sheet : 50

Process : Litho off–set

Printer : Pakistan Security Printing Corporation, Karachi

About : 

• Established by Dr. Hermann Gmeiner in 1949, SOS Children’s Village International is celebrating its silver jubilee this year. SOS means “Save our Soul”. So the main objective of SOS Children’s Village in Nepal is to give family atmosphere to the orphans, so that every child would get the opportunity of developing mental as well as physical fitness so that every child should come out as a respected citizen of prestige in future.

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