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Thai
Crabs - 2nd Series (1994)
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Issue
Name: |
Thai Crabs
(2nd Series) |
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Thai
Issue
Name: |
ปูไทย
(ชุดที่ ๒) |
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Issue Date: |
1994/2537-08-12 |
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Cause: |
To make known striking and rare Thai
freshwater crabs |
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Catalogue Number: |
1994/18-21 |
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Denomination: |
3 Baht, 5 Baht , 6 Baht, 10 Baht |
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Unused Value: |
8 Baht, 10 Baht, 10 Baht, 16
Baht |
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Complete Set: |
44 Baht (unused), 30 Baht
(used) |
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Thailex Collection: |
Unused set |
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Size: |
27 x 45 mm (30 x 48 mm incl.
white border) |
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Quantity
of Stamps: |
2,000,000 pieces per design |
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Printer: |
Joh.
Enschedé
Stamps, Security Printers B.V., The Netherlands |
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Subject: |
Various freshwater crabs, collectively known
in Thai as
poo jeud:
1. Waterfall Crab (Phricotelphusa limula), a rare species of crab found only
near certain waterfalls in
Phuket
Province; 2. Mealy Crab (Thaipotamon
chulabhorn), a freshwater crab named after Princess
Chulaphorn Walailak
to honour her 36th birthday and in Thai known as poo paeng (ปูแป้ง) or
poo thulakramom (ปูทูลกระหม่อม), i.e.
‘flour
crab’
and
‘Her Majesty's
crab’,
respectively; 3. Panda
Crab (Phricotelphusa sirindhorn), a species of crab found near waterfalls in
Prachuap Khirikhan
and
Phetburi,
and named after Princess
Sirindhorn.
In Thai, it is
known as poo
Chao Fah
(ปูเจ้าฟ้า), i.e.
‘Princess'
crab’;
and 4. Regal Crab (Thaiphusa sirikit),
named in honour of Queen
Sirikit Kitthiyagon
and
in Thai known as poo rachini (ปูราชินี), i.e.
‘Queen's
crab’. |
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Related Link: |
poo jeud,
Phuket,
Prachuap Khirikhan,
Phetburi,
Chao Fah,
Chulaphorn Walailak,
Sirindhorn,
Sirikit Kitthiyagon,
mangrove crabs,
panda,
Thai Crabs - 1st Series (1979) |
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