Issue Name: |
Thailand
Philatelic Exhibition
2001 (Thaipex '01) |
Thai Issue
Name: |
งานแสดงตราไปรษณียากรแห่งชาติ
2544 |
Issue Date:
|
2001/2544-08-04 |
Cause:
|
To publicize Thai Domestic
Fowl and Fighting Cocks |
Catalogue Number:
|
2001/40-43 |
Denomination:
|
3 Baht,
4 Baht,
6 Baht, 12
Baht |
Unused Value: |
5 Baht, 6 Baht, 9 Baht, 16 Baht |
Complete Set: |
36 Baht (unused), 24 Baht
(used) |
Thailex Collection: |
Unused set |
Size: |
27 x 45 mm |
Quantity of Stamps: |
810,000 pieces for the first design;
800,000 pieces for each of the other designs |
Printer:
|
The House
of Questa Limited,
England |
Subject: |
Award winning paintings from
the 1999 International Letter Writing Week Postage Stamp
Painting Competition under the theme
‘Domestic
Fowl’,
depicting various breeds of Thai
domestic fowl and fighting cocks, each one roosting on a
chicken coop,
which in Thai is called
soom kai: 1.
white-tailed yellow or leuang (เหลือง)
kai chon leuang haang khao
breed; 2. white-tailed golden or
leuang khem (เหลืองเข้ม)
kai chon leuang haang khao
breed; 3. black-tailed samae dam (แสมดำ)
breed; 4. black-tailed pradoo haang dam (ประดู่หางดำ)
breed. In the top corner, left for designs 1 and 3, and
right for the designs 2 and 4, is the Thaipex '01 logo in
blue and yellow. |
Related Link: |
Kai Chon Phra Naresuan,
kai chon leuang haang khao,
soom kai,
Siamese Roosters (2005),
Bantam (2003),
International Letter Writing Week
1991 -
Bantams |