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Elephant Round-up (1974) ●

 

 

 Issue Name:

Elephant Round-up

 Thai Issue Name:

คล้องช้าง

 Issue Date:

1974/2517-11-19

 Cause:

To commemorate the annual Elephant Round-up held in Surin (fig.)

 Catalogue Number:

1974/19

 Denomination:

4 Baht

 Unused Value:

115 Baht

 Used Value:

30 Baht

 Thailex Collection:

n/c

 Size:

27 x 45 mm

 Quantity of Stamps:

1,000,000 pieces

 Printer:

Suomen Pankin Setelipaino, Bank of Finland Security Printing House, Finland

 Subject:

Elephant-round up, i.e. catching wild elephants by snaring them with a lasso or by driving them into a phaniad, i.e. an elephant kraal.

 Related Link:

Asian Elephant, Surin, phaniad