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Chiang Mai 700th Anniversary Celebration (1996)

 

Chedi Chang Lom at Wat Chiang Man     stucco bas-relief at Wat Chedi Jed Yod

gable board motif of Wat Phan Tao     Lan Na-style sattaphan candle stick altar screen

 

 Issue Name:

Chiang Mai 700th Anniversary Celebration

 Thai Issue Name:

งานสมโภชน์เชียงใหม่ 700 ปี

 Issue Date:

1996/2539-04-12

 Cause:

To mark the 700th Anniversary Celebration of Chiang Mai, which was established in 1296 AD, on the site of an older fortified city of the Lawa people, which was called Wiang Nopburi, during the reign of King Mengrai as the new centre of the Lan Na Kingdom, after Chiang Rai, and was initially known as Noppaburi Sri Nakhon Ping Chiang Mai, with Ping being the name of the nearby river.

 Catalogue Number:

1996/16-19

 Denomination:

2 Baht, 6 Baht, 8 Baht, 9 Baht

 Unused Value:

4 Baht, 8 Baht, 10 Baht, 12 Baht

 Complete Set: 

34 Baht (unused), 26 Baht (used)

 Thailex Collection:

Unused set

 Size:

27 x 45 mm

 Quantity of Stamps:

2,500,000 pieces for design A; 2,000,000 pieces for designs B, C, and D

 Printer:

Joh. Enschedé Stamps, Security Printers B.V., The Netherlands

 Subject:

Ancient cultural attractions in Chiang Mai: A. Chedi Chang Lom at Wat Chiang Man (fig.); B. stucco bas-relief of a thevada at the outer wall of Wat Chedi Jed Yod; C. gable board motif of Wat Phan Tao (วัดพันเตา); D. Lan Na-style sattaphan candle stick altar screen, decorated with golden-headed green nagas

 Related Link:

Mengrai, Chiang Mai, Chedi Chang Lom, Wat Chiang Man, Sri, nakhon, Ping, Lan Na, Noppaburi, Lawa, wiang, Chiang Rai, bas-relief, Wat Chedi Jed Yod, sattaphan, chedi, gable board, stucco, thevada, peacock, naga, 720th Anniversary of Chiang Mai