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WORLDTECH '95 THAILAND - World Agriculture and Industrial Exhibition (1995)

 

   

   

 

 Issue Name:

WORLDTECH '95 THAILAND

 Thai Issue Name:

งานแสดงเกษตรและอุตสาหกรรมโลก 2538

 Issue Date:

1995/2538-11-04

 Cause:

To publicize the 1995 World Agricultural and Industrial Exhibition, which was held at the Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, from 4 November to 16 December 1995. The exhibition aimed to promote the development of agricultural and industrial technology, as well as environmental conservation technology.

 Catalogue Number:

1995/37-40

 Denomination:

2 Baht, 5 Baht, 6 Baht, 9 Baht

 Unused Value:

6 Baht, 6 Baht, 6 Baht, 6 Baht

 Complete Set: 

24 Baht (unused), 20 Baht (used)

 Thailex Collection:

Unused set

 Size:

48 x 30 mm

 Quantity of Stamps:

2,000,000 pieces per design

 Printer:

Joh. Enschedé Stamps, Security Printers B.V., The Netherlands

 Subject:

1. The 82 metre tall free standing Suranapha Observation Tower, as well as buildings of the Suranaree University of Technology in Nakhon Ratchasima, where the 1995 World Agricultural and Industrial Exhibition was held; 2. Conceptualization of ‘Food for the World’, depicting a harvest tractor with a blower, various cash crops, and a Tullgren funnel, also known as a Berlese funnel or Berlese trap, with its collecting jar, which is used for extract soil organisms, particularly anthropods, for research; 3. Conceptualization of ‘Living with Technology’, showing a scientist doing research; 4. Conceptualization of ‘In Harmony with Nature’, showing a Water Treatment Plant and a beach. Each stamp also has the WORLDTECH '95 THAILAND logo on it, i.e. in the top left corner of the vertical stamps (design 1 and 2), and in the top right corner of the horizontal stamps (design 3 and 4).

 Related Link:

Nakhon Ratchasima