International Letter Writing Week 2013 Commemorative Stamp

สัปดาห์สากลแห่งการเขียนจดหมาย 2556

2013/2556-10-07

Commemorative stamps of the annual event with this year's theme, i.e. popular Thai phrases used in letters

2013/65-68

3 Baht (4 designs)

4 Baht (4 designs)

16 Baht (unused), 4 Baht (used)

Unused set

30 x 48 mm

700,000 pieces per design

Chan Wanich Security Printing Company Limited, Thailand

Cartoons with common Thai phrases, that are popular opening and ending words with Thai greetings, written in a letter: 1. sawatdih pheuan rak (สวัสดี เพื่อนรัก), i.e. ‘hello beloved friend’; 2. sabaidih mai? (สบายดีไหม), i.e. ‘are you ok?’ (or ‘is everything allright?’); 3. rak lae kit theung (ระกและคิดถึง), i.e. ‘love and miss you’ (or ‘thinking of you’); 4. p.l. huang yai semeua (ปล. ห่วงใยเสมอ), i.e. ‘p.s. always concerned’ (or ‘worried about you’), with ปล. being the abbreviation of ปัจฉิมลิขิต (patchimlikhit), i.e. ‘postscript’.

Six Memorable Words, Thai script