National
Children's Day
(1995)
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Issue
Name: |
National
Children's Day 1995 |
Thai Issue
Name: |
วันเด็กแห่งชาติ ปี
2538 |
Issue Date: |
1995/2538-01-14 |
Cause: |
To mark the
National Children's Day, with
first prize winning
drawings from the
1993
International Letter Writing Week stamp drawing competition
for youth, with the themes ‘Kites decorate the Summer Sky’
for children up to 9 years (design 1), ‘Trees and Streams’
for children up to 12 years (design 2),
and ‘Youth and Religion’ for children up to 15 years (design
3). |
Catalogue Number: |
1995/2-4 |
Denomination: |
2 Baht, 2 Baht, 2 Baht |
Unused Value: |
5 Baht, 5 Baht, 5 Baht |
Complete Set: |
15 Baht (unused), 12 Baht
(used) |
Thailex Collection: |
Unused set |
Size: |
45 x 27 mm for
design 1; 27 x 45 mm for designs 2 and 3 |
Quantity
of Stamps: |
2,000,000 per design |
Printer: |
The House
of Questa Ltd., England |
Subject: |
Drawings depicting
1. children playing with various kinds of
kites
at
Sanam Luang, with the
Grand Palace in the background. The
different kites include the
diamond
shaped
pak pao (fig.), the pentagonal shaped
chula
(fig.),
a
cobra
shaped
kite (fig.), and a
buffalo
shaped
kite known as
waw kwai
(fig.);
2. a
waterfall
and stream
in a forest,
with
bamboo
and some animals, including
birds
and
deer;
and 3. young people paying respect to some
Buddhist
monks
at a Thai Buddhist
temple |
Related Link: |
Sanam Luang,
Grand Palace,
kite flying,
waw,
waw kwai,
chula,
pak pao,
kite flying fights,
buffalo,
snake,
cobra,
nahm tok,
bamboo,
deer,
Index Birds,
temple,
Buddhism,
monk |
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