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Smiling Buddha - Chinese New Year (2014)

 

Laughing Buddha

 

 Issue Name:

Laughing Buddha, Chinese New Year 2014

 Thai Issue Name:

พระศรีอารยเมตไตรย เทศกาลตรุษจีน 2557

 Issue Date:

2014/2557-01-24

 Cause:

To mark the annual Chinese New Year

 Catalogue Number:

2014/9

 Denomination:

5 Baht

 Unused Value:

7 Baht

 Used Value:

2 Baht

 Thailex Collection:

n/a

 Size:

36 x 51 mm

 Quantity of Stamps:

900,000 pieces

 Printer:

Thai British Security Printing Public Company Limited, Thailand

 Subject:

Phra Sri Ahraya Metraiy, i.e. Maitreya, Huan Xi Fo, Mi Le Fo or Budai, who is in English best known as the Smiling Buddha, and who in Thailand is often confused with Phra Sangkatjaai. In the centre, at the bottom of the stamp, is the Thai text: Thetsakahn Trut Jihn, as well as the translation thereof, i.e. ‘Chinese New Year’.

 Related Link:

Ahraya, Metraiy, Maitreya, Huan Xi Fo, Mi Le Fo, Budai, Phra Sangkatjaai, Thetsakahn, Trut Jihn, Phra, Sri, Angaja