100th Anniversary of the
Revenue Department (2015)
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Issue
Name: |
100th Anniversary of the
Revenue Department |
Thai Issue
Name: |
100 ปี กรมสรรพากร |
Issue Date: |
2013/2558-07-02 |
Cause: |
To
commemorate
the 100th Anniversary of the
Revenue Department |
Catalogue Number: |
2015/37-40 |
Denomination: |
3 Baht (4 designs) |
Unused Value: |
4 Baht (4 designs) |
Complete Set: |
16 Baht (unused), 4 Baht
(used) |
Thailex Collection: |
n/a |
Size: |
30
x 48 mm for designs 2015/37-38; 48 x
30 mm for designs 2015/39-40 |
Quantity
of Stamps: |
500,000 pieces per design |
Printer: |
Thai British Security
Printing Public Company Limited, Thailand |
Subject: |
The consecutive office buildings of the
Revenue Department
throughout its existence: 1.
Ho Ratsadakon Phiphat
within the
Grand Palace
complex; 2.
Wang Ban Dokmai, i.e. the former residence
of Prince
Burachat Chaiyakon,
the
Krom Phra
of
Kamphaeng Phet
(fig.), in Ban
Baat
District; 3. the offices at Banglamphoo
Intersection (แยกบางลำภู), near the end of Chakraphong (จักรพงษ์) Road; and 4.
the
current headquarters building
in
Bangkok's
Phaya Thai (พญาไท) zone.
In the top right corner of each stamp is the logo of
the 100th Anniversary of the
Revenue Department, i.e. the Thai text 100 Pih
Krom Sanphakon (๑๐๐ ปี
กรมสรรพากร),
‘100
Years Revenue
Department’, with in the second ๐ the circular logo of the
Revenue Department, which
depicts a
thevada
figure
seated in the
royal relaxation-position,
while playing a
traditional three-stringed,
plucked, lute-like,
instrument, called
phin
(fig.).
The figure is bare-chested and is surrounded by
kanok
motifs. |
Related Link: |
Revenue Department,
Bangkok,
80th Anniversary of the Revenue
Department,
phin,
kanok,
thevada,
royal relaxation-position,
Ho Ratsadakon Phiphat,
Krom Phra,
Kamphaeng Phet,
Burachat Chaiyakon,
baat,
Grand Palace |
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