March 2023

Ángel Samuel Chan Aquino, Heart Surgeon

Country: Dominican Republic
Issued on: 2023-03-24
Size: 30 x 40 mm
Colors: Multicolor
Designers: Alejandro Vignieri
Printers: Ferrua & Bros. Lithography
Format: Commemorative
Perforation: 13½
Printing: Offset lithography
Face value: 100 $ – Dominican peso
Print run: 10,000

Aquino lived from 1923-2008. He was the founder and first head of the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery of the Hospital Dr. Salvador B. Gautier of the Instituto Ominicano del Seguro Social. As well as the founder and first head of the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery of the Hospital José Ma. Cabral y Báez in Santiago and director of the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery of the Instituto del Corazón.

Red Cross: Cancer Awareness

Country: North Macedonia
Issued on: 2023-03-01
Colours: Multicolor
Format: Stamp
Emission: Postal Tax
Printing: Offset lithography
Face value: 11 ден – North Macedonian denar

Lifelong Learning

Country: Liechtenstein
Issued on: 2023-03-06
Size: 55.5 x 60 mm
Colors: Multicolor
Designers: Michèle Steffen
Printers: Cartor Security Printing
Format: Commemorative
Perforation: comb 13¼
Printing: Offset lithography and Hot stamping
Face value: 2*90 Ct. – Swiss centime
Print run: 24,000
Description: Issued in panes containing four se-tenant pairs of designs printed checkerboard allowing various orientation combinations

Preventive Health Care Week

Country: Algeria
Issued on: 2023-03-09
Size: 29 x 43 mm
Colours: Multicolor
Printers: Bank of Algeria Printing House
Format: Commemorative
Printing:Offset lithography
Face value: 25 د.ج – Algerian dinar

Access for the Disabled

Country: Algeria
Issued on: 2023-03-14
Size: 43 x 29 mm
Colors: Multicolor
Watermark: No Watermark
Designers:Zaynab Bahri
Printers: Bank of Algeria Printing House
Format: Commemorative
Printing: Offset lithography
Gum: Ordinary
Face value: 25 د.ج – Algerian dinar

Jan Janský, Seriologist

Country: Czech Republic
Issued on: 2023-03-15
Size: 23 x 40 mm
Colours: Multicolor
Designers: Lenka Vojtová
Format: Commemorative
Printing: Offset lithography
Face value: 27 Kč – Czech koruna
Print run: 500,000

Jan Janský (* April 3, 1873, in Prague; † September 8, 1921, in Horní Černošice) was a Czech physician, psychiatrist, and neurologist. He independently discovered the fourth blood group AB. Janský wrote a larger number of scientific papers, mostly dealing with psychiatric problems. In addition, he propagated blood donation. Even today, voluntary blood donors are awarded the Prof. Mudr Jan Janský medal in recognition.

Sports Federation for the Intellectual Disablilites

Country: Egypt
Issued on: 2023-03-21
Size: 30 x 50 mm
Colors: Multicolor
Format: Commemorative
Perforation: Syncopated 13¼ x 12¾
Printing: Offset lithography
Face value: 10 £ – Egyptian pound

A LA PAR Foundation, 75 Years : Carmen Pardo-Valcarce

Country: Spain
Issued on: 2023-03-27
Size: 41 x 29 mm
Colors: Multicolor
Printers: Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre-Real Casa de la Moneda (RCM-FNMT)
Format: Commemorative
Perforation: 13¾ x 13¼
Printing: Offset lithography
Paper: phosphorescent
Face value: 1.65 € – Euro
Print run: 125,000

Carmen Pardo-Valcarce is a Spanish social worker and activist who has spent her life advocating for the rights and inclusion of people with disabilities. She is one of the founders of Fundación A la Par and has been instrumental in establishing the organization and advancing its work. Fundación A la Par is a Spanish non-profit organization focused on supporting and integrating people with mental and intellectual disabilities into society.