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Special stamps on Hamdan award
Emirates Post has issued commemorative stamps to mark the 10th anniversary of Shaikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Medical Sciences.
- Staff Report
- Published: 23:17 December 14, 2008
Dubai: Emirates Post has issued commemorative stamps to mark the 10th anniversary of Shaikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Medical Sciences.
Issued in four denominations (Dh1, Dh2, Dh3 and Dh4), along with a souvenir sheet of Dh15, the stamps are available at all post offices in the UAE. In addition, first-day covers of Dh11 each, are available at the philatelic counters at Karama, Deira and Abu Dhabi post offices.
"The Shaikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Medical Sciences is one of the prestigious awards of the UAE, and the medical fraternity attaches great importance to it. Emirates Post is proud to salute the Award through a set of distinctive stamps on its tenth anniversary," said Ebrahim Bin Karam, CEO of Emirates Post.
"As Dubai consolidates its position on the global healthcare map, we are confident that the award will gain greater prestige in years to come," he added.
As part of the 10th anniversary celebrations, a special exhibition is being held at the Intercontinental Hotel, Dubai Festival City, tomorrow and Wednesday.
Three sections
Emirates Post will exhibit the new stamps as well as other stamps at the exhibition. Shaikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Medical Sciences was established in 1999 to honour medical scientists from every part of the world who tirelessly pursue distinctive medical research that serve the larger interest of humanity.
The initial focus of the foundation was on two major categories, the International and National categories.
In the international category, there were three sections: the Grand Hamdan Award, three Research Excellence Awards and four awards for volunteers in humanitarian medical services. In subsequent years, an additional category of the Arab World Award was introduced, followed by another award for best Clinical Department in the public sector.
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