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Centenary of Post and Telecommunications School (1989)

 

Post Office building and the initials K.P.T. (ค.ป.ท.)

 

 Issue Name:

Centenary of Post and Telecommunications School

 Thai Issue Name:

100 ปี โรงเรียนการไปรษณีย์

 Issue Date:

1989/2532-08-04

 Cause:

Commemorative stamps for the centenary of the School of Postal Services (Post and Telecommunications School), which was founded on 22 February 1889

 Catalogue Number:

1989/25

 Denomination:

2 Baht

 Unused Value:

11 Baht

 Used Value:

5 Baht

 Thailex Collection:

Unused stamp

 Size:

27 x 47 mm

 Quantity of Stamps:

3,000,000 pieces

 Printer:

Harrison & Sons (Hayes & High Wycombe) Ltd., England

 Subject:

The nation's first ever Post Office building near the Chao Phraya River, and the initials K.P.T. (ค.ป.ท.), which stand for khamanahkhom praisanih thoralek (คมนาคมไปรษณีย์โทรเลข), i.e. Post and Telegraphy Communications

 Related Link:

Postal School, 120th Anniversary of the Postal School, nation's first ever Post Office (6 Baht stamp, design 5), thoralek, Bangkok 1983 International Stamp Exhibition (2nd Series), Bangkok