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50th Anniversary of the Meteorological Department (1992)

 

 

 Issue Name:

50th Anniversary of the Meteorological Department

 Thai Issue Name:

50 ปี กรมอุตุนิยมวิทยา

 Issue Date:

1992/2535-06-23

 Cause:

To mark the 50th Anniversary of the Meteorological Department, which was first established as the Meteorological and Statistics Section in 1923 under the Royal Irrigation Department, focusing on rainfall and temperature data collection

 Catalogue Number:

1992/44

 Denomination:

2 Baht

 Unused Value:

11 Baht

 Used Value:

4 Baht

 Thailex Collection:

n/a

 Size:

45 x 27 mm

 Quantity of Stamps:

4 million pieces

 Printer:

Leigh-Mardon Pty. Limited, Australia

 Subject:

Weather observation instruments as used by the Meteorological Department, known in Thai as krom utuniyom withayah, such as a weather balloon, a weather satellite and a ground station satellite dish; a silhouette of the map of Thailand highlighted in yellow on a partial map of the region in brown; the Thai number 50 (๕๐) in white on a dark blue background, as well as a rainbow and clouds in different shades of blue.

 Related Link:

rung, monsoon, krom utuniyom withayah, 80th Anniversary of the Meteorological Department (2022)