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Digital TV (2013)

 

Digital TV

 

 Issue Name:

Digital TV

 Thai Issue Name:

ดิจิตอลทีวี

 Issue Date:

2013/2556-12-11

 Cause:

To publicize the new era of Digital TV in Thailand, by the launch of a free app for IOS and Android smartphones, on the auspicious day of 11.12.'13. The app by Thailand Post is known as Stamp Alive, and offers Augmented Reality (AR).

 Catalogue Number:

2013/88

 Denomination:

3 Baht

 Unused Value:

4 Baht

 Used Value:

1 Baht

 Thailex Collection:

Unused stamp

 Size:

30 x 48 mm

 Quantity of Stamps:

700,000 pieces

 Printer:

Chan Wanich Security Printing Company Limited, Thailand

 Subject:

Nong Duh Dih (น้องดูดี), i.e. Little Brother (or Sister) Look Good, the mascot of Thailand's National Broadcasting and Tele-communications Commission in Bangkok (NBTC), jumping out of the screen of a digital TV, indicating virtual technology known as Augmented Reality (AR). The TV's screen is blue, with at the bottom half pale blue a series of 1 and 0 binary numbers, and a Map of Thailand in the national tricolor called thong chaht. In the top right corner is the logo of the NBTC, i.e. a Garuda over a post horn (fig.). On the right side is the Thai text Duh Dih Tuk Bahn (ดูดีทุกบ้าน), which could be translated as ‘Good View [in] Every House (or Home)’.

 Related Links:

National Broadcasting and Tele-communications Commission, Map of Thailand, Garuda, thong chaht, Digital TV (2014)