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Thai Fish - 1st Series (1967) ●

 

    

    

 

 Issue Name:

Thai Fish (1st Series)

 Thai Issue Name:

ปลาไทย (ชุดที่ 1)

 Issue Date:

1967/2510-01-01

 Cause:

To publicize some of the fish found in the waters of Thailand

 Catalogue Number:

1967/1-4

 Denomination:

1 Baht, 2 Baht, 3 Baht, 5 Baht

 Unused Value:

250 Baht, 750 Baht, 550 Baht, 650 Baht

 Complete Set: 

2,200 Baht (unused), 650 Baht (used)

 Thailex Collection:

n/c

 Size:

27 x 21 mm for designs 1967/1 and 1967/4; and 27 x 45 mm for designs 1967/2-3

 Quantity of Stamps:

500,000 pieces per design

 Printer:

Government Printing Bureau, Ministry of Finance, Japan

 Subject:

1. Asian Snakehead (Channa striata), in Thai known as pla chon (ปลาช่อน); 2. Short-bodied Mackerel (Rastrelliger brachysomus), in Thai called pla tu san (ปลาทูสั้น); 3. Silver Barb (Puntius gonionotus), with the Thai designation pla taphian khao (ปลาตะเพียนขาว); 4. Siamese Fighting Fish (Betta splendens), in Thai named pla kad (ปลากัด)

 Related Link:

pla, pla chon, pla tu, pla kad, Thai Fish (2nd Series), 60th Anniversary of the Fishery Department, Fighting Fish, pla taphian sahn