International
Letter Writing Week (1964) ●
Issue
Name: |
International Letter Writing Week
1964 |
Thai
Issue
Name: |
สัปดาห์สากลแห่งการเขียนจดหมาย ปี
2507 |
Issue Date: |
1964/2507-10-05 |
Cause: |
To commemorate
the 1964 International Letter Writing Week |
Catalogue Number: |
1964/3-6 |
Denomination: |
0.5 Baht,
1 Baht, 2 Baht, 3 Baht |
Unused Value: |
70 Baht, 230 Baht, 400 Baht,
400 Baht |
Complete Set: |
1,100 Baht (unused), 180 Baht
(used) |
Thailex Collection: |
n/c |
Size: |
27 x 45 mm |
Quantity
of Stamps: |
3,000,000 pieces for design
1964/3;
and 1,000,000 pieces each for designs 1964/4-6 |
Printer: |
Government Printing Bureau, Ministry of
Finance, Japan |
Subject: |
1. A messenger
pigeon
holding a letter in its bill
and flying towards the silhouette of a human hand, its
contours filled with the national flags of several nations
of the world and the palm up, as if receiving the letter
from the bill of the pigeon, while on the right is a world
globe; 2. Two women in front of a world map and a white
pigeon flying by leaving a white contrail, which serves as a
banner, with the text
International Letter Writing Week
1964, in both English and Thai; 3. An ink writing pen and a
pencil, as well as a map of the world, folded like an
harmonica; 4. A circle with a grid of lines, representing
the longitudinal and latitudinal lines of a world globe, and
a human hand holding a quill feather pen |
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