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Issue
Name: |
Important Buddhist Religious Day - Maghapuja Day |
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Thai
Issue
Name: |
ชุดวันสำคัญทางพุทธศาสนา
- วันมาฆบูชา |
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Issue Date: |
1999/2542-03-01 |
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Cause: |
To commemorate the annual
Makha Bucha Day |
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Catalogue Number: |
1999/10-13 |
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Denomination: |
6 Baht, 6 Baht, 9 Baht, 15 Baht |
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Unused Value: |
6 Baht, 9 Baht, 12 Baht, 19 Baht |
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Complete Set: |
46 Baht (unused), 32 Baht
(used) |
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Thailex Collection: |
Unused set |
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Size: |
33 x 48 mm |
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Quantity
of Stamps: |
500,000 pieces per design |
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Printer: |
Thai British
Security Printing Public Company Limited, Thailand |
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Subject: |
Murals from Wat Tha Sutthawat
(วัดท่าสุทธาวาส) in
Angthong,
depicting scenes from the
Mahachanok
or
Mahajanaka:
1. The birth of Prince
Mahajanaka;
2.
Mekala
carrying
Mahajanaka
to the city of Mithila;
3. The two
mango
trees, one barren, the other heavy with fruit, which the
people in their greed eventually destroyed; 4.
King
Mahajanaka
founding an
institute of
higher learning |
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Related Link: |
Makha Bucha,
Mahajanaka,
Angthong,
Mekala,
mango |