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100th Anniversary of the Ministry of Commerce (2020)

 

100th Anniversary of Ministry of Commerce

 

 Issue Name:

100th Anniversary of the Ministry of Commerce

 Thai Issue Name:

100 ปี กระทรวงพาณิชย์

 Issue Date:

2020/2563-08-20

 Cause:

Commemorative Stamp to mark the 100th Anniversary of the Ministry of Commerce

 Catalogue Number:

2020/24

 Denomination:

3 Baht

 Unused Value:

3 Baht

 Used Value:

1 Baht

 Thailex Collection:

n/a

 Size:

30 x 48 mm

 Quantity of Stamps:

n/a

 Printer:

Thai British Security Printing Public Company Limited, Thailand

 Subject:

Old photograph of the former three-story office building of the Ministry of Commerce, an edifice in Renaissance style and which today houses the Discovery Museum (fig.). Above the building is the number 100, which refers to the ministry's centennial anniversary. In the first zero is the circular seal of the ministry which was designed by Prince Narisara Nuwattiwong (fig.) and consists of a depiction of a dancing Phra Witsanukam, the divine architect of Universe and the presiding Hindu deity of all craftsmen and architects (fig.), on a kranok-style pedestal and surrounded by kranok motifs. The second 0 of the number 100 is shaped in a form of a letter C, while in front of the number 1 is a triangle that resembles the symbol on a PLAY button, and together with the number 1 forms the letter M, hence the 100 can also be read as MOC which is the acronym for Ministry of Commerce.

 Related Links:

Krasuang Phanit, Phra Witsanukam, Discovery Museum, Narisara Nuwattiwong