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Siamese Rooster (2005)
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Issue
Name: |
Siamese
Roosters |
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Thai
Issue
Name: |
ระกาสยาม |
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Issue Date: |
2005/2548-11-24 |
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Cause: |
Commemorative stamps to mark the year of the rooster |
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Catalogue Number: |
2005/53-56 |
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Denomination: |
3 Baht, 3 Baht, 3 Baht,
3 Baht |
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Unused Value: |
5 Baht, 5 Baht, 5 Baht, 5
Baht |
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Complete Set: |
20 Baht (unused), 8 Baht
(used) |
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Thailex Collection: |
Unused set |
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Size: |
27 x
45 mm |
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Quantity
of Stamps: |
1,000,000 pieces per design |
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Printer: |
Thai British Security Printing Public Company
Limited, Thailand |
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Subject: |
Drawings of roosters created by four of
Thailand's top artists: 1.
‘Rooster at Dawn’
by Prayat Phongdam (ประหยัด พงษ์ดำ), depicting a
rooster standing on its cage ready to crow; 2.
‘Golden Rooster’
by Phichai Niran (พิชัย นิรันต์) depicting a
colourful rooster standing in a field of
flowers under a
golden sky; 3.
‘Legendary Rooster’
by Chakraphan Pohsayakrit (จักรพันธุ์ โปษยกฤต) depicting a girl dressed
in a dancing outfit imitating a rooster; 4.
‘Devine Rooster’ by
Chalermchai Kohsitphiphat
(เฉลิมชัย โฆษิตพิพัฒน์), i.e. the designer of
Wat Rong Khun,
depicting
a Thai-style (fig.) rooster at right, standing on one leg on a tree stump |
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Related Link: |
Siam,
ra-kam,
cock,
zodiac,
Year of the Cock,
Wat Rong Khun,
Chalermchai Kohsitphiphat
Hall of Masterwork,
Thaipex '01 - Fighting Cocks,
Bantam (2003),
International Letter Writing Week
1991 -
Bantams |
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