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International Day of Peace (2005)
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Issue
Name: |
International Day of Peace |
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Thai Issue
Name: |
วันสันติภาพสากล |
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Issue Date: |
2005/2548-09-21 |
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Cause: |
To mark the annual
International Day of Peace, established by the United
nations, which has as its ultimate goal to maintain world
peace. |
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Catalogue Number: |
2005/42 |
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Denomination: |
3 Baht |
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Unused Value: |
4 Baht |
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Used Value: |
2 Baht |
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Thailex Collection: |
Unused stamp |
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Size: |
31 x
31 mm |
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Quantity
of Stamps: |
1,000,000 pieces |
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Printer: |
Thai British Security Printing Public Company
Limited, Thailand |
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Subject: |
Portrait of a white dove carrying an olive
branch in its beak, with in the back a
rainbow.
It derives from the biblical story described in Genesis 8:11, where Noah
released a dove after the flood in order to find land, and is used as a
symbol of peace by Christians. In the same story of in Genesis 9:13-16, God
describes the rainbow as a sign to symbolize the covenant between himself
and the earth, that never again the waters will become a flood to destroy
all life on earth. In many other cultures the dove is also seen as a bird of
peace due to its kind nature. |
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Related Link: |
Sirinthon,
rung,
Pigeons & Doves |
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