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International Letter Writing Week -
Thai
Betel-sets
(1994)
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Issue
Name: |
International Letter Writing
Week - Thai Betel-sets |
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Thai Issue
Name: |
สัปดาห์สากลแห่งการเขียนจดหมาย
2540 - เชี่ยนหมากไทย |
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Issue Date: |
1994/2537-10-08 |
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Cause: |
To commemorate the 1994
International Letter Writing Week and to publicize Thai
betel-sets, with prize winning drawings from the 1993
International Letter Writing Week drawing competition |
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Catalogue Number: |
1994/22-25 |
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Denomination: |
2 Baht,
6 Baht, 8 Baht, 9
Baht |
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Unused Value: |
5 Baht, 9 Baht, 11 Baht, 15 Baht |
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Complete Set: |
40 Baht (unused), 30 Baht
(used) |
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Thailex Collection: |
Unused set |
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Size: |
27 x 45 mm |
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Quantity
of Stamps: |
2,500,000
pieces for design 1; 2,000,000
pieces for designs 2-4 |
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Printer: |
Joh.
Enschedé
Stamps, Security Printers B.V., The Netherlands |
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Subject: |
Various types of
Thai traditional betel-sets, referred to in Thai as
chianmahk,
or alternatively
khanmahk: 1. golden
niello
betel-set
on an octagon footed
betel nut
tray, known in Thai as
yong; 2.
gold-plaited silver niello betel-set, with
pumpkin-shaped
bowls; 3. silver niello betel-set with a betel-cutter,
known in Thai as
takrai
nihb mahk;
4. gold niello betel-set,
on a round footed tray, with covered bowls topped with a gold finial, on a
lotus-shaped
tray |
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Related Link: |
betel-set,
niello,
pumpkin,
lotus,
betel nut,
areca palm,
bai chaphlu,
yong,
takrai nihb mahk,
khanmahk,
chianmahk,
cuoi hoi tron goi |
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