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60th Anniversary of the Fisheries Department (1986)
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Issue
Name: |
60th Anniversary of the
Fisheries Department |
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Thai
Issue
Name: |
ครบรอบ 60 ปี
กรมประมง |
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Issue Date: |
1986/2529-12-19 |
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Cause: |
To commemorate the 60th
Anniversary of the Fisheries Department and to publicize
different species of freshwater fish found in Thailand. |
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Catalogue Number: |
1986/33-36 |
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Denomination: |
2 Baht, 2 Baht, 7 Baht, 7 Baht |
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Unused Value: |
11 Baht, 11 Baht, 33 Baht, 33
Baht |
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Complete Set: |
88 Baht (unused), 44 (used) |
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Thailex Collection: |
Unused set |
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Size: |
27 x 45 mm |
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Quantity
of Stamps: |
3,000,000 pieces each for
designs 1 and 2; 2,000,000 pieces each for design 3 and 4. |
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Printer: |
Société Nouvelle Cartor Starl,
France |
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Subject: |
Different species of
freshwater
fish
found in
Thailand:
1.
Black Sharkminnow
(Labeo
chrysophekadion), in Thai called pla kah dam (ปลากาดำ); 2.
Indochina Featherback,
also called Royal Knifefish (Chitala blanci), and in Thai
known as pla tong laai (ปลาตองลาย); 3.
a Silver Asian (Scleropages macrocephalus), i.e. a kind of
Asian
Dragonfish
or Asian Arowana (Scleropages formosus), similar to
the much slimmer Silver Arowana (Osteoglossum bicirrhosum)
from southern America, which widely occurs in Thailand, but
only as a popular aquaria fish (fig.),
and in Thai
called pla taphad (ปลาตะพัด);
and 4.
Giant Catfish
(Pangasianodon gigas), in Thai referred to as pla beuk (ปลาบึก) |
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Related Link: |
pla,
Black Sharkminnow,
Indochina Featherback,
Giant Catfish,
Dragonfish,
Thai Fish (2nd Series),
Thai Fish (1st Series) |
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