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New Year 1993 (1992)

 

   

   

 

 Issue Name:

New Year 1993

 Thai Issue Name:

ปีใหม่ 2536

 Issue Date:

1992/2535-11-15

 Cause:

To celebrate the 1993 New Year and to publicize flowers

 Catalogue Number:

1992/79-82

 Denomination:

1 Baht, 1 Baht, 1 Baht, 1 Baht

 Unused Value:

5 Baht, 5 Baht, 5 Baht, 5 Baht

 Complete Set: 

20 Baht (unused), 16 Baht (used)

 Thailex Collection:

Unused set

 Size:

21 x 26 mm

 Quantity of Stamps:

2,5 million pieces per design

 Printer:

Joh. Enschedé en Zonen Grafische Inrichting B.V., The Netherlands

 Subject:

1. Rhododendron simsii, known in Thai as kulaab daeng (กุหลาบแดง) and kulaab doi (กุหลาบดอย), i.e. ‘red rose’ and ‘mountain rose’, respectively; 2. Cynoglossum lanceolatum, known in Thai as yah muan fah (หญ้ามวนฟ้า), literally ‘blue grass roll’; 3. Tithonia diversifolia, known in Thai as bua thong (บัวตอง), i.e. ‘golden lotus’; 4. Agapetes parishii, known in Thai as prathat doi (ประทัดดอย), literally ‘mountain firecracker’.

 Related Link:

kulaab, Bua Thong Flower Blooming Season, prathad fai, trut