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Inauguration of the ASEAN Submarine Cable System (1983)

 

1983/16     1983/17

 

 Issue Name:

Inauguration of the ASEAN Submarine Cable System

 Thai Issue Name:

การเปิดการสื่อสารระบบเคเบิลใต้น้ำอาเซียน

 Issue Date:

1983/2526-09-27

 Cause:

To publicize and commemorate the inauguration of the ASEAN Submarine Cable System linking Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.

 Catalogue Number:

1983/16-17

 Denomination:

1.25 Baht, 7.00 Baht

 Unused Value:

10 Baht, 35 Baht

 Complete Set: 

45 Baht (unused), 20 Baht (used)

 Thailex Collection:

Unused set

 Size:

45 x 27 mm

 Quantity of Stamps:

4,000,000 pieces for design 1983/16, and 2,000,000 pieces for design 1983/17

 Printer:

John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd., England

 Subject:

Map of Southeast Asia  in pink, with the seas in purple and Thailand highlighted in white. At he bottom-half of the stamp is a pale blue ship over five horizontal double lines in the same colour, that run parallel to each other and represent water. Black curved lines connect dots in Bangkok, southern Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore, and Singapore with the Philippines, whilst as the latter connects back to southern Thailand with a white dotted line. It represents the entire linking route of the ASEAN Submarine Cable System; 2. Close-up of the same area as in design 1983/16, but now in amber, with the seas in brown and Thailand highlighted in a darker shade of brown, and across the seas are the names Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand, printed in beige and capital letters. Black curved lines connect dots in Bangkok, southern Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore. It represents the linking route of the Submarine Cable System between Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore.

 Related Link:

10th Anniversary of the Asia-Pacific Telecommunications Organization, Malaysia, Thailand, Bangkok, ASEAN