Inauguration of the
ASEAN
Submarine Cable System (1983)
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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 |
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