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International Letter Writing Week - Thai Phrases (2013)

 

sawatdih pheuan rak (สวัสดี เพื่อนรัก), i.e. ‘hello beloved friend’    sabaidih mai? (สบายดีไหม), i.e. ‘are you ok?’

rak lae kit theung (ระกและคิดถึง), i.e. ‘love and miss you’    huang yai semeua (ห่วงใยเสมอ), i.e. ‘always concerned’

 

 Issue Name:

International Letter Writing Week 2013 Commemorative Stamp

 Thai Issue Name:

สัปดาห์สากลแห่งการเขียนจดหมาย 2556

 Issue Date:

2013/2556-10-07

 Cause:

Commemorative stamps of the annual event with this year's theme, i.e. popular Thai phrases used in letters

 Catalogue Number:

2013/65-68

 Denomination:

3 Baht (4 designs)

 Unused Value:

4 Baht (4 designs)

 Complete Set:

16 Baht (unused), 4 Baht (used)

 Thailex Collection:

Unused set

 Size:

30 x 48 mm

 Quantity of Stamps:

700,000 pieces per design

 Printer:

Chan Wanich Security Printing Company Limited, Thailand

 Subject:

Cartoons with common Thai phrases, that are popular opening and ending words with Thai greetings, written in a letter: 1. sawatdih pheuan rak (สวัสดี เพื่อนรัก), i.e. hello beloved friend; 2. sabaidih mai? (สบายดีไหม), i.e. are you ok? (or ‘is everything allright?); 3. rak lae kit theung (ระกและคิดถึง), i.e. love and miss you (or thinking of you); 4. p.l. huang yai semeua (ปล. ห่วงใยเสมอ), i.e. ‘p.s. always concerned’ (or ‘worried about you’), with ปล. being the abbreviation of ปัจฉิมลิขิต (patchimlikhit), i.e. ‘postscript’.

 Related Link:

Six Memorable Words, Thai script