Railway - 2nd Series
(1990)
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Issue
Name: |
Railway (2nd Series) |
Thai
Issue
Name: |
รถไฟ (ชุด2) |
Issue Date: |
1990/2533-12-29 |
Cause: |
To propagate the activities
of the
State Railway of Thailand |
Catalogue Number: |
1990/43-46 |
Denomination: |
2 Baht, 3 Baht, 5 Baht, 6 Baht |
Unused Value: |
5 Baht, 10 Baht, 18 Baht, 22
Baht |
Complete Set: |
55 Baht (unused), 40 Baht
(used) |
Thailex Collection: |
Unused set |
Size: |
27 x 45 mm |
Quantity
of Stamps: |
3 million pieces for design
1; and 1 million
pieces for each of the other designs |
Printer: |
Leigh-Mardon Pty. Limited, Australia |
Subject: |
Various types of steam locomotives used by
the
State Railway of Thailand
in the past: 1. English Krauss & Co. Locomotive No. 6, series 5-6, put into
service in 1908 on the
Mae Khlong
Line; 2. Japanese Soong Neun (สูงเนิน), i.e.
‘High
Slope’
Locomotive No. 32, series 31-33 manufactured
by Kyosan Kogyo of Fukushima and put into service in 1946; 3. Japanese C56
Locomotive No. 715, series 701-746 put into service in 1946; 4. Japanese
Mikado Locomotive No. 953, series 901-970, made by Japan Association of
Railway Industry and put into service in 1949-1951. |
Related Link: |
State Railway of Thailand,
Mae Khlong-Mahachai Railway |
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