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Butterflies - 2nd Series (1978) ●

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 Issue Name:

Butterflies - 2nd Series

 Thai Issue Name:

ผีเสื้อ - ชุด 2

 Issue Date:

1978/2521-08-25

 Cause:

To publicize butterflies found in Thailand

 Catalogue Number:

1978/24-27

 Denomination:

2 Baht, 3 Baht, 5 Baht, 6 Baht

 Unused Value:

60 Baht, 70 Baht, 190 Baht, 120 Baht

 Complete Set:

440 Baht (unused), 170 (used)

 Thailex Collection:

n/c

 Size:

27 x 45 mm

 Quantity of Stamps:

1,000,000 pieces per design

 Printer:

Joh. Enschedé Stamps, Security Printers B.V., The Netherlands

 Subject:

Various butterflies, with in the background the vegetation they as caterpillars fed on and on which their females will deposit their eggs: 1. Tree Nymph (Idea lynceus lynceus); 2. Eastern Courtier (Sephisa chandra chandra); 3. Chestnut Rajah (Charaxes durnfordi durnfordi); 4. Plain Lacewing (Cethosia penthesilea methypsia)

 Related Link:

Butterflies, phi seua, Tree Nymph, Eastern Courtier, Chestnut Rajah, Plain Lacewing, Orange Lacewing, Butterflies (3rd Series), Butterflies (1st Series)