Disabled / Disability / Disabilities On Stamps

Here are images of the six semi-postal (charity) stamps in a set depicting people with various disabilities: Invalids doing batik work; an amputee drawing; a one-handed lathe operator; a crippled child learning to walk; a medical professional treating an amputee; and a man drawing with a prosthetic arm, printed by photogravure, and issued by Indonesia on March 26, 1957 to benefit rehabilitation funds for disabled people, Scott Nos. 98-103.

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"The franc of hope" : (Donate) one franc each month to the fight against cancer, designed and engraved by French artist Jacques Gauthier (1931- ), and issued by Monaco on May 13, 1975, Scott No. 972.

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Gabon
International Year of the Disabled
August 6, 1981
The design shows the International Year of the Disabled emblem, the motto "Participation and Equality" and one person helping a disabled person.

International Year of Disabled Persons, designed by Þröstur Magnússon, printed by photogravure, and issued by Iceland on September 29, 1981, Scott No. 546, Facit No. 607.

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Antigua
International Year of Disabled Persons
December 1, 1991
The souvenir sheet shows a basketball game with players in wheelchairs.

Romania
Support for the Blind
November 13, 2007
"Let there be Light"

France
Disability
June 18, 2005
Rights for the Disabled

"Cancer," designed by Otto Stefferl (1931- ), printed by photogravure, and issued by Austria on November 17, 1976 to publicize the fight against this disease, Scott No. 1043.

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Qatar
International Year of the Disabled Persons
January 5, 1981
The stamps depict the IYDP emblem.

Netherlands
International Year of the Disabled Persons
November 10, 1981
The semipostal stamps emphasize integration of the disabled children in family and society.

GB
1981
International Year of the disabled

Brazil
Bicentenary of the Birth of Louis Braille
January 4, 2009
The design includes a portrait of, and the tactile writing system invented by, Louis Braille (1809 - 1852).

Poland
International Year of the Disabled
September 25, 1981
The design shows Wheelchair Symbol of Accessibility.

New Zealand
IVth Commonwealth Paraplegic Games
January 9, 1974
The design depicts wheelchair ballgame.

Namibia
Handicapped Workers
September 10, 1992
The stamp set depicts wrapping cucumbers, finishing a woven mat, operating a spinning wheel, and cleaning pot plants.