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5th Congress of the
Asian-Pacific Postal Union
(1985)
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Issue
Name: |
5th Congress of Asian-Pacific
Postal Union |
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Thai
Issue
Name: |
การประชุมใหญ่สหภาพไปรษณีย์แห่งเอเชียและแปซิฟิก
ครั้งที่ 5 |
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Issue Date: |
1985/2528-11-25 |
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Cause: |
To commemorate the
5th Congress of Asian-Pacific
Postal Union |
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Catalogue Number: |
1985/34-35 |
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Denomination: |
2 Baht, 10 Baht |
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Unused Value: |
10 Baht, 30 Baht |
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Complete Set: |
40 Baht (unused), 20 Baht
(used) |
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Thailex Collection: |
n/a |
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Size: |
27 x 45 mm |
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Quantity
of Stamps: |
3,000,000 pieces for design
A; and 1,000,000 pieces for design B |
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Printer: |
Société Nouvelle Cartor Starl,
France |
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Subject: |
Emblem of the
Asian-Pacific Postal Union
with the abbreviation APPU, dark silhouettes of traditional
Thai-style buildings, such as
pagodas,
and the bow of
Reua Phra Thihnang Suphanahong,
i.e. the Golden Swan
Royal Barge,
with a blue and red overlay, representing day and night and
referring to the 24/7 postal service and
borderless communication
around the clock, as well as a
stylized
white
messenger
pigeon holding
a postal envelope in its bill and line-shaped
contrails,
to
indicate its flight. |
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Related Link: |
Asian-Oceanic Postal Union,
50th
Anniversary of the Asian-Pacific Postal Union,
Royal Barge,
Reua Phra Thihnang Suphanahong,
pagoda,
First Anniversary of the Asian-Oceanic Postal Union,
15th Anniversary of the Asian-Oceanic
Postal Union,
10th Anniversary of the Asian Oceanic
Postal Union,
60th Anniversary of
Asian-Pacific Postal Union |
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