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5th
Asian Games
(1966)
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Issue
Name: |
5th Asian
Games |
Thai Issue
Name: |
เอเชียนเกมส์ ครั้งที่ 5 |
Issue Date: |
1966/2509-08-04 |
Cause: |
To commemorate the occasion
that Thailand hosted the 5th Asian Games, held from 9 to 20
December 1966, in several sport venues across
Bangkok |
Catalogue Number: |
1966/3-10 |
Denomination: |
0.2 Baht,
0.25
Baht, 0.5 Baht, 1 Baht, 1.25 Baht, 2 Baht, 3 Baht, 5 Baht |
Unused Value: |
33 Baht, 44
Baht, 33 Baht, 132 Baht, 181.5 Baht, 291.5 Baht, 539 Baht,
1,606 Baht |
Complete Set: |
2,860 Baht (unused), 880 Baht
(used) |
Thailex Collection: |
n/a |
Size: |
27 x 45 mm |
Quantity
of Stamps: |
1,000,000 pieces for designs
2, 4, 5 and 7; 4,000,000 pieces for design 1; 10,000,000
pieces for design 3; 1,500,000 pieces for design 6; 500,000
pieces for design 5 |
Printer: |
The Government
Printing Bureau, Ministry of Finance, Japan |
Subject: |
Depiction of the logo of the
V Asian Games under the slogan Ever Onward and over 11 blue
Olympic rings, that represent the 11 National Olympic
Committees of the 11 nations that participated in the first
Asian Games in 1951, as well as different disciplines that
featured at the
V
Asian Games,
namely:
1. cycling; 2. tennis; 3. athletics; 4. weightlifting; 5.
boxing; 6. swimming; 7. basketball; and 8. football |
Related Link: |
Asian Games,
1991 Sports Welfare (3rd Series) |
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