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1996 International Letter Writing Week - Provisional Issue (2010)

 

Somphla and Lamhap in the forest   Suthet laying a course on Mathana, turning her into a rose

 

 Issue Name:

1996 International Letter Writing Week - Provisional Issue

 Thai Issue Name:

2540 สัปดาห์สากลแห่งการเขียนจดหมาย - พิมพ์ทับแก้ไขราคา

 Issue Date:

2010/2553-08-27

 Cause:

To alter the face value and for philatelic purposes

 Catalogue Number:

P2010/1-2

 Denomination:

10 Baht, 10 Baht

 Unused Value:

14 Baht, 14 Baht

 Complete Set: 

28 Baht (unused), 4 Baht (used)

 Thailex Collection:

n/a

 Size:

27 x 45 mm

 Quantity of Stamps:

1,567,500 pieces per design

 Printer:

Original print by Joh. Enschedé Stamps, Security Printers B.V., The Netherlands and overprinted by Vachara Printing, Thailand

 Subject:

1996 International Letter Writing Week 9 Baht commemorative stamp issues 1996/50 and 1996/51, with overprint 10 Baht and depicting:  1. Somphla and Lamhap in the forest, a scene from the story Ngo Pah written by King Rama V, with in the bottom left corner a giant Rafflesia; and 2. Suthet laying a course on Mathana, turning her into a rose, a scene from the story Matanapatha written by King Rama VI

 Related Link:

Ngo Pah, Matanapatha, Rafflesia, Rama V, Rama VI