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Gables (2005)
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Issue
Name: |
Gables |
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Thai Issue
Name: |
หน้าบัน |
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Issue Date: |
2005/2548-08-04 |
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Cause: |
To publicize Thai gables |
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Catalogue Number: |
2005/34-37 |
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Denomination: |
5 Baht, 5 Baht, 5 Baht, 5 Baht |
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Unused Value: |
7 Baht, 8 Baht, 7 Baht, 8 Baht |
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Complete Set: |
30 Baht
(unused), 16 Baht (used) |
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Thailex Collection: |
Unused set |
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Size: |
50 x 50
x 50 mm |
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Quantity
of Stamps: |
1,500,000 pieces per design |
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Printer: |
Joh. Enschedé Stamps Security
Printers B.V., Haarlem, The Netherlands |
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Subject: |
Various
styles of triangular
tympana from
different era: 1. Mythological animals from
Himaphan Forest,
on
the gable of the
ho trai
or scripture library at
Wat Phra Singh Woramahawihaan
in
Chiang Mai;
2.
Garuda
surrounded by
kranok
motifs, thought by some to
represent the
wavy tails of
nagas
which Garuda is subduing,
on
the gable of the
ubosot
at
Wat Khao Bandai It (วัดเขาบันไดอิฐ)
in
Phetchaburi;
3. the
Buddha
seated under the
bodhi tree
in the
bhumisparsa
posture with
a row of kneeling worshippers below,
from a
Khmer-style
prang
at
Wat Phra Phai Luang
in
Sukhothai;
4.
Nataraja,
on
a gable at
Prasat Phanom Rung
in
Buriram |
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Related Link: |
gable board,
Himaphan,
Wat Phra Singh Woramahawihaan,
ho trai,
Chiang Mai,
Garuda,
kranok,
nagas,
ubosot,
Phetchaburi,
Buddha,
bodhi tree,
bhumisparsa,
Wat Phra Phai Luang,
Khmer,
prang,
Sukhothai,
Nataraja,
Prasat Phanom Rung,
Buriram,
gable board,
gable board as decoration,
temple gable board,
Phra Phutta Sihing |
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