Issue
Name: |
Thai Rice
(Thailand Best) |
Thai Issue
Name: |
ข้าวไทย
(ไทยแลนด์เบ็สท์) |
Issue Date: |
1999/2542-02-25 |
Cause: |
To publicize Thai rice |
Catalogue Number: |
1999/6-9 |
Denomination: |
6 Baht, 6 Baht, 12 Baht, 12 Baht |
Unused Value: |
9 Baht, 9 Baht, 16 Baht, 16 Baht |
Complete Set: |
50 Baht (unused), 34 Baht
(used) |
Thailex Collection: |
Unused set |
Size: |
27 x 45 mm (30 x 48 mm
incl. white border) |
Quantity
of Stamps: |
500,000 per design |
Printer: |
Thai British Security
Printing Public Company Limited, Thailand |
Subject: |
The seasonal cycle of
rice production by Thai farmers and the Thailand Best quality
award logo: 1. rice planting
and bundles of young rice sprouts, that in Thai are called
ton klah;
2. rice harvesting and an ear of paddy; 3. mechanical threshing
and some threshed paddy; 4. cooked whole grain rice as
staple food, served in a
benjarong
rice
bowl and a golden paddy field. |
Related Link: |
rice,
ton klah,
yaay ton
klah,
benjarong,
United Nations Day (1979) |