Inauguration of the First
Expressway (1981) ●
Issue
Name: |
Inauguration of the First
Expressway |
Thai Issue
Name: |
เปิดทางด่วนสายแรก |
Issue Date: |
1981/2524-10-29 |
Cause: |
To commemorate the opening
of the
8.9 km Din Daeng-Ta
Reua (ดินแดง-ท่าเรือ) section of the First Expressway in Thailand, on 29 October 1981,
which will later be expanded to become the
27.1 km
Chaleum Maha Nakhon Expressway, in Thai
known as Thahng
Duan Chaleum
Maha
Nakhon
(ทางพิเศษเฉลิมมหานคร),
with the 7.9 km Bang Nah (บางนา)-Ta
Reua section, opening in 1983, and the 10.3 km Dao
Khanong (ดาวคะนอง)-Ta Reua section,
which was inaugurated in 1987. |
Catalogue Number: |
1981/26-27 |
Denomination: |
1 Baht, 5 Baht |
Unused Value: |
10 Baht,
60 Baht |
Complete Set: |
70 Baht (unused), 40 Baht
(used) |
Thailex Collection: |
n/c |
Size: |
27 x 45 mm |
Quantity
of Stamps: |
5 million pieces for the first design, 1 million
pieces for the second design |
Printer: |
Joh. Enschedé en Zonen
Grafische Inrichting B.V., The Netherlands |
Subject: |
Aerial views of the Din Daeng-Ta
Reua (ดินแดง-ท่าเรือ) section of the First Expressway
in Greater
Bangkok,
which includes the Makkhasan (มักกะสัน)
Interchange,
seen here on design 1981/27. |
Related Link: |
Bangkok,
maha, nakhon |
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