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Celebration of the 15th Centenary of Hijrah (1981) ●

 

 

 Issue Name:

Celebration of the 15th Centenary of Hijrah

 Thai Issue Name:

ศตวรรษที่ ๑๕ แห่งฮิจเราะห์ศักราช

 Issue Date:

1981/2524-01-18

 Cause:

To commemorate the 15th Centenary of the Hijrah calendar, which began with the flight of the prophet Muhammad and the first Muslim community from Mecca to Medina in 622 AD, the year from which the Muslim calendar is dated, and which counts 354 or 355 days per annum.

 Catalogue Number:

1981/3

 Denomination:

5 Baht

 Unused Value:

80 Baht

 Used Value:

20 Baht

 Thailex Collection:

n/c

 Size:

27 x 45 mm

 Quantity of Stamps:

1,000,000 pieces

 Printer:

Suomen Pankin Setelipaino, Bank of Finland Security Printing House, Finland

 Subject:

Pattani Central Mosque, the largest Muslim house of prayer in Thailand.

 Related Link:

Pattani, mosque, masayid, Muslim, minaret, Islam, Hijrah, Muhammad, Mecca