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1978 (Jun 1)(1.6.221) longer The Thai Red Cross Society printed airmail envelope registered to Geneva bearing 1978 Thai Fishes 1 Baht + 1976 Royal Throne Halls pair 5 Baht tied Bangkok 186 cds & with blank Registration label No 0526 with vernacular manuscript Bangkok 186 inserted & with unframed 3667 -06 Jun 1978 arrival hand stamp in red …………The rise of the Khmer Rouge in 1975 was the first of 5 significant periods that gave cause for many Cambodians to flee across the border Into Thailand seeking safety. This registered item posted at the end of the Khmer Rouge & Pol Pot terror period & prior to the invasion by the Viet Nam army late 1978 is typical of the period when Cambodian Refugee Camps & Field Hospitals had been set up along the Thai border areas of Anarayappathet & other small border towns in Sa Kaeo area….mail is not easily found