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Leprosy Relief Campaign (1960)

 

Wat Arun    Wat Arun

 

 Issue Name:

Leprosy Relief Campaign

 Thai Issue Name:

ส.ร. แห่งประเทศไทย (ราชประชาสมาสัย)

 Issue Date:

1960/2503-08-10

 Cause:

To publicize the Leprosy Relief Campaign

 Catalogue Number:

1960/3-4

 Denomination:

0.50 Baht, 2.00 Baht

 Unused Value:

22 Baht, 143 Baht

 Complete Set: 

165 Baht (unused), 44 Baht (used)

 Thailex Collection:

Unused set

 Size:

26 x 20 mm

 Quantity of Stamps:

4 million pieces for the first design, 6,000,000 for the second design

 Printer:

Government Printing Bureau, Ministry of Finance, Japan

 Subject:

Wat Arun, i.e. the Temple of Dawn, seen through a gate, which is topped by a Thai-style temple-roof, with a bai raka that ends in an antefix in the shape of a hang hongse, and supported by an eave bracket

 Related Link:

Wat Arun, bai raka, antefix, hang hongse, eave bracket