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National Day (1939)
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Issue
Name: |
National Day |
Thai Issue
Name: |
วันชาติ |
Issue Date: |
1939/2482-06-24 |
Cause: |
To commemorate the National
Day, which is celebrated annually on
5 December and
coincides with
Wan Chaleum Phra Chonma Phansa,
i.e. the
birthday of King
Bhumipon Adunyadet,
as well as Father's Day |
Catalogue Number: |
1939/1-5 |
Denomination: |
0.02 Baht, 0.03 Baht, 0.05 Baht, 0.1 Baht,
0.15 Baht |
Unused Value: |
150 Baht, 400 Baht, 220 Baht, 530 Baht, 1,200 Baht |
Complete Set: |
2,500 Baht (unused), 260 Baht
(used) |
Thailex Collection: |
n/c |
Size: |
n/a |
Quantity
of Stamps: |
3,100,000 pieces for design
1939/1; 600,000 pieces for design 1939/2; 2,100,000 pieces
for design 1939/3; 3,100,000 pieces for design 1939/4;
1,000,000 pieces for design 1939/5. NOTE: The use of these
stamps discontinued on 1 January 1942, due to forgeries that
were appearing of the red 0.1 Baht design, as well as the
change of the nation's name from
Siam
to Thailand in 1939. |
Printer: |
The Royal Thai Survey
Department |
Subject: |
The
Ananta Samahkom Hall
in
Bangkok in
an oval frame and flanked by torches and the text
Siam
in both Thai and
English |
Related Link: |
Bhumipon Adunyadet,
Wan Chaleum Phra Chonma Phansa,
Ananta Samahkom Hall,
Bangkok,
Royal Thai Survey Department,
Ananta Samahkom Throne Hall
(2016),
Siam |
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