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Thaipex '01 - Fighting Cocks (2001)

 

  

  

 

 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