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Issue Name: |
General Post
Office Building |
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Thai
Issue
Name: |
อาคารที่ทำการไปรษณีย์กลาง |
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Issue Date: |
2013/2556-08-04 |
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Cause: |
To celebrate 130 years since
the first issue of a
Thai postage stamp on 4 August
1883, as well as to
commemorate the inauguration of the renovated General Post
Office building in Bangkok |
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Catalogue Number: |
2013/50-52 |
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Denomination: |
5 Baht (all designs) |
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Unused Value: |
7 Baht (all designs) |
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Complete Set: |
21 Baht (unused), 6 Baht
(used) |
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Thailex Collection: |
Unused set |
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Size: |
30 x 48 mm |
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Quantity of Stamps: |
700,000 pieces per design |
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Printer: |
Thai British Security
Printing Public Company Limited, Thailand |
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Subject: |
The arts of the
General Post Office, depicted on a red background and
with in both top corners
stuccos
of the
Garudas
(fig.), that beautify the
frontal corners of the
General Post Office Building
in
Bangkok: 1.
stuccos
of the first ever Thai postage stamp of 1
Solot
and the Definitive Issue
Rama V
(3rd Series)
of 1
At,
both
depicting
King
Chulalongkorn;
2. metal cast of the
Garuda
at the door
of the
General Post Office Building;
3. the renovated General Post Office Building |
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Related Links: |
General Post Office,
stucco,
Garuda,
Solot,
At,
Chulalongkorn,
Rama V,
Bangkok |
