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International Letter Writing Week (1969) ●

 

   

   

 

 Issue Name:

International Letter Writing Week 1969

 Thai Issue Name:

สัปดาห์สากลแห่งการเขียนจดหมาย ปี 2512

 Issue Date:

1969/2512-10-05

 Cause:

To commemorate the 1969 International Letter Writing Week

 Catalogue Number:

1969/8-11

 Denomination:

0.5 Baht, 1 Baht, 2 Baht, 3 Baht

 Unused Value:

30 Baht, 60 Baht, 80 Baht, 120 Baht

 Complete Set: 

290 Baht (unused), 85 Baht (used)

 Thailex Collection:

n/c

 Size:

27 x 45 mm

 Quantity of Stamps:

3 million pieces for the first design and 1 million pieces for each of the other designs

 Printer:

Thomas De La Rue & Co., Ltd., England

 Subject:

People writing and sending letters, mailboxes (fig.), of which one with the logo of the Post and Telegraph Department, i.e. a Garuda over a post horn (fig.), as well as some iconic Thai objects and monuments, such as: 1-2. the King Taksin Statue at Wong Wian Yai (fig.), a woman playing the so sahm saai (fig.), a male kite called waw chula (fig.), and a bell-shaped chedi or pagoda (fig.); and 3-4. Democracy Monument.

 Related Links:

Taksin, Wong Wian Yai, so sahm saai, waw, chula, chedi, pagoda, Democracy Monument, Garuda