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125th Anniversary of Thai Postal Service - 2nd Series (2008)

 

   

   

 

 Issue Name:

125th Anniversary of Thai Postal Service - 2nd Series

 Thai Issue Name:

๑๒๕ ปี ไปรษณีย์ไทย - ชุด

 Issue Date:

2011/2554-08-01

 Cause:

To commemorate 125 years since the first issue of a Thai postage stamp on 4 August 1883 and 125 years of Thai Postal Services

 Catalogue Number:

2008/71-75

 Denomination:

3 Baht (5 designs)

 Unused Value:

4 Baht (all designs)

 Complete Set:

20 Baht (unused), 10 Baht (used)

 Thailex Collection:

Unused set

 Size:

30 x 48 mm

 Quantity of Stamps:

1,000,000 pieces per design

 Printer:

Thai British Security Printing Public Company Limited, Thailand

 Subject:

Stamps depicting the postal service in the past, as well as the Thailand Post at present: 1. Thai postage stamp of 1 Feuang, dating from 4 August 1883, with the portrait of King Chulalongkornnamely, i.e. Rama V, as well as some recent postage stamps; 2. post office in the past and now; 3. counter service in the past (fig.) and now; 4. postal truck in the past and now; 5. post delivery in the past and now. In the bottom centre of design 1, as well as in the top left corners of the designs 2 to 5, is the logo of the 125th Anniversary of Thai Postal Service, which is made up of an elongated bird-like kranok in yellow underneath the Thai number 125 (๑๒๕) in red.

 Related Link:

Praisanih Thai, Rama V, Chulalongkorn, Feuang, 130th Anniversary of Thai Postal Services, kranok