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Important Buddhist
Religious Day -
Makha Bucha
Day (1996)
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%20A.jpg "1996/7")
%20B.jpg "1996/8")
%20C.jpg "1996/9")
%20D.jpg "1996/10")
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Issue
Name: |
Important Buddhist Religious Day - Makha Bucha Day |
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Thai Issue
Name: |
ชุดวันสำคัญทางพุทธศาสนา (วันมาฆบูชา) |
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Issue Date: |
1996/2539-03-03 |
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Cause: |
To commemorate the annual
Makha Bucha Day |
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Catalogue Number: |
1996/7-10 |
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Denomination: |
2 Baht, 6
Baht, 8 Baht, 9 Baht |
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Unused Value: |
5 Baht, 9 Baht, 12 Baht, 14 Baht |
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Complete Set: |
40 Baht (unused), 30 Baht
(used) |
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Thailex Collection: |
Unused set |
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Size: |
33 x 48 mm |
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Quantity
of Stamps: |
2,500,000 pieces for the
first design; 2,000,000 pieces for each of the other designs |
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Printer: |
Joh.
Enschedé
Stamps, Security Printers B.V., The
Netherlands |
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Subject: |
Scenes from the
jataka
stories: 1. the
bodhisatta
as Prince
Temiya,
lifting up the
chariot of the royal charioteer Sunanda, whilst the latter was digging a
grave to bury the prince alive on the
orders of the king; 2. the bodhisatta as Prince
Mahajanaka,
whom after being shipwrecked in the middle of the ocean, is rescued by
Mekala;
3.
Suwannasahm
accidentally hit by an
arrow shot by King Kabilayakkaraja, who was hunting for deer; 4.
the bodhisatta as Prince
Nemiraja visiting
hell in
Indra's
chariot
accompanied by the charioteer
Matulih |
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Related Link: |
Makha Bucha,
jataka,
bodhisatta,
Temiya,
Mahajanaka,
Mekala,
Suwannasahm,
Nemiraat Chadok,
Indra,
Matulih |
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