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International Letter Writing Week - Thai Betel-sets (1994)

 

    

    

 

 Issue Name:

International Letter Writing Week - Thai Betel-sets

 Thai Issue Name:

สัปดาห์สากลแห่งการเขียนจดหมาย 2540 - เชี่ยนหมากไทย

 Issue Date:

1994/2537-10-08

 Cause:

To commemorate the 1994 International Letter Writing Week and to publicize Thai betel-sets, with prize winning drawings from the 1993 International Letter Writing Week drawing competition

 Catalogue Number:

1994/22-25

 Denomination:

2 Baht, 6 Baht, 8 Baht, 9 Baht

 Unused Value:

5 Baht, 9 Baht, 11 Baht, 15 Baht

 Complete Set: 

40 Baht (unused), 30 Baht (used)

 Thailex Collection:

Unused set

 Size:

27 x 45 mm

 Quantity of Stamps:

2,500,000 pieces for design 1; 2,000,000 pieces for designs 2-4

 Printer:

Joh. Enschedé Stamps, Security Printers B.V., The Netherlands

 Subject:

Various types of Thai traditional betel-sets, referred to in Thai as chianmahk, or alternatively khanmahk: 1. golden niello betel-set on an octagon footed betel nut tray, known in Thai as yong; 2. gold-plaited silver niello betel-set, with pumpkin-shaped bowls; 3. silver niello betel-set with a betel-cutter, known in Thai as takrai nihb mahk; 4. gold niello betel-set, on a round footed tray, with covered bowls topped with a gold finial, on a lotus-shaped tray

 Related Link:

betel-set, niello, pumpkin, lotus, betel nut, areca palm, bai chaphlu, yong, takrai nihb mahk, khanmahk, chianmahk, cuoi hoi tron goi