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International Letter Writing Week -
Thai Medicinal Succulents
(1984)
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Issue
Name: |
International
Letter Writing Week
1984 |
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Thai Issue
Name: |
สัปดาห์สากลแห่งการเขียนจดหมาย
2527 |
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Issue Date: |
1984/2527-10-07 |
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Cause: |
To commemorate the 1984
International Letter Writing Week with the prize winning
designs from the 1982 International Letter Writing Week
painting competition on Thai medicinal succulents |
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Catalogue Number: |
1984/19-22 |
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Denomination: |
1.5 Baht,
2 Baht, 4 Baht,
10 Baht |
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Unused Value: |
15 Baht, 25 Baht, 35 Baht, 75 Baht |
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Complete Set: |
150 Baht (unused), 70 Baht
(used) |
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Thailex Collection: |
Unused set |
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Size: |
45 x 27 mm |
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Quantity
of Stamps: |
4,000,000 pieces for the
first design; 2,000.000 pieces each for designs 2 and 3; and 1,000,000 pieces for design
4 |
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Printer: |
Société Nouvelle Cartor Starl,
France |
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Subject: |
Various
Thai medicinal succulents: 1.
Giant
Taro
(Alocasia indica, known in Thai
as
ton
kradaat daeng (ต้นกระดาดแดง), literally
‘red
paper plant’,
a kind of
bon
of which the root is called
pheuak; 2.
Indian Aloe (Aloe vera), known in Thai as ton
haang jorakae,
literally
‘crocodile's
tail plant’; 3. Purple Passion (Gynura
pseudochina), known in Thai as ton
maha
kahn (ต้นมหากาฬ),
literally
‘great
black plant’;
4.
Moses-in-the-Cradle
(Rhoeo spathacea), known in Thai as ton
waan kaab hoy. |
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Related Link: |
taro,
pheuak,
ton,
haang jorakae,
crocodile,
Moses-in-the-Cradle,
waan kaab hoy,
maha |
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