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New Year 1997 - Beautiful and Useful Water Plants (1996)

 

   

Arrow Leaf Pondweed (Monochoria hastata)    Water Snowflake

 

 Issue Name:

New Year 1997

 Thai Issue Name:

ปีใหม่ 2540

 Issue Date:

1996/2539-11-15

 Cause:

To celebrate the 1997 New Year and to publicize flowers

 Catalogue Number:

1996/55-58

 Denomination:

2 Baht, 2 Baht, 2 Baht, 2 Baht

 Unused Value:

5 Baht, 5 Baht, 5 Baht, 5 Baht

 Complete Set: 

20 Baht (unused), 12 Baht (used)

 Thailex Collection:

Unused set

 Size:

21 x 26 mm for designs 1 and 4; 26 x 21 mm for designs 2 and 3

 Quantity of Stamps:

3,000,000 pieces per design

 Printer:

Rexam Southern Colour Print Co., Ltd., New Zealand

 Subject:

Various aquatic plants: 1. Thai Onion Plant or Water Onion (Crinum thaianum); 2. Yellow Velvetleaf or Yellow Sawah Lettuce (Limnocharis flava); 3. Arrow Leaf Pondweed (Monochoria hastata); 4. Water Snowflake or Floating Hearts (Nymphoides indicum)

 Related Link:

Arrow Leaf Pondweed, Water Snowflake