Important Buddhist Religious Day -
Visakha Bucha Day (2012)
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Issue
Name: |
Important Buddhist Religious Day (Visakhapuja
Day) |
Thai Issue
Name: |
วันสำคัญทางพุทธศาสนา (วันวิสาขบูชา) |
Issue Date: |
2012/2555-06-02 |
Cause: |
To commemorate Visakha Puranamee Bucha (Visakha Bucha
Day) and to celebrate
Buddhachayantih, i.e.
2600 Years of the
Buddha's
Enlightenment
(i.e. 45 years before the
Buddha died + 2555
BE,
the current year since the death of the
Buddha, when the Thai Buddhist Era began) |
Catalogue Number: |
2012/44 |
Denomination: |
3 Baht |
Unused Value: |
5 Baht |
Used Value: |
1 Baht |
Thailex Collection: |
Unused stamp |
Size: |
51 x 36 mm |
Quantity
of Stamps: |
n/a |
Printer: |
Thai-British Security Printing Public Company
Limited, Thailand |
Subject: |
Bronze
Buddha image
in the
pahng samahti
or
meditation
pose, with in the background a large leaf of the
Ficus
religiosa
or
bodhi tree,
as well as branches with smaller
bodhi
leaves |
Related Link: |
Visakha Bucha,
Buddhachayantih,
Buddha image,
Ficus
religiosa,
bodhi tree,
meditation,
pahng samahti |
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