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 |
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