125th Anniversary of Thai Postal Service - 2nd Series (2008)
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Issue Name: |
125th Anniversary of Thai Postal Service - 2nd Series |
Thai Issue
Name: |
๑๒๕ ปี
ไปรษณีย์ไทย
- ชุด ๒ |
Issue Date: |
2011/2554-08-01 |
Cause: |
To commemorate 125 years
since the first issue of a
Thai postage stamp on 4 August
1883 and 125 years
of Thai Postal Services |
Catalogue Number: |
2008/71-75 |
Denomination: |
3 Baht (5 designs) |
Unused Value: |
4 Baht (all designs) |
Complete Set: |
20 Baht (unused), 10 Baht
(used) |
Thailex Collection: |
Unused set |
Size: |
30 x 48 mm |
Quantity of
Stamps: |
1,000,000 pieces per design |
Printer: |
Thai British Security
Printing Public Company Limited, Thailand |
Subject: |
Stamps depicting the postal
service in the past, as well as the
Thailand Post
at present: 1.
Thai postage stamp of 1
Feuang, dating from 4 August
1883, with the portrait of
King
Chulalongkornnamely,
i.e.
Rama V, as well as some
recent postage stamps; 2. post office in the past and now;
3. counter service in the past (fig.) and now; 4. postal truck in
the past and now; 5. post delivery in the past and now. In
the bottom centre of design 1, as well as in the top left
corners of the designs 2 to 5, is the logo of
the 125th Anniversary of Thai Postal Service, which is made
up of an elongated bird-like
kranok
in yellow underneath
the Thai number 125 (๑๒๕)
in red. |
Related Link: |
Praisanih Thai,
Rama V,
Chulalongkorn,
Feuang,
130th Anniversary of Thai Postal
Services,
kranok |
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