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International Letter Writing Week (1964) ●

 

    

    

 

 Issue Name:

International Letter Writing Week 1964

 Thai Issue Name:

สัปดาห์สากลแห่งการเขียนจดหมาย ปี 2507

 Issue Date:

1964/2507-10-05

 Cause:

To commemorate the 1964 International Letter Writing Week

 Catalogue Number:

1964/3-6

 Denomination:

0.5 Baht, 1 Baht, 2 Baht, 3 Baht

 Unused Value:

70 Baht, 230 Baht, 400 Baht, 400 Baht

 Complete Set: 

1,100 Baht (unused), 180 Baht (used)

 Thailex Collection:

n/c

 Size:

27 x 45 mm

 Quantity of Stamps:

3,000,000 pieces for design 1964/3; and 1,000,000 pieces each for designs 1964/4-6

 Printer:

Government Printing Bureau, Ministry of Finance, Japan

 Subject:

1. A messenger pigeon holding a letter in its bill and flying towards the silhouette of a human hand, its contours filled with the national flags of several nations of the world and the palm up, as if receiving the letter from the bill of the pigeon, while on the right is a world globe; 2. Two women in front of a world map and a white pigeon flying by leaving a white contrail, which serves as a banner, with the text International Letter Writing Week 1964, in both English and Thai; 3. An ink writing pen and a pencil, as well as a map of the world, folded like an harmonica; 4. A circle with a grid of lines, representing the longitudinal and latitudinal lines of a world globe, and a human hand holding a quill feather pen

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