New Year 2006 - Flowers
(2005)
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Issue
Name: |
New Year 2006 - Flowers
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Thai
Issue
Name: |
ปีใหม่ 2549 - ดอกไม้ |
Issue Date: |
2005/2548-11-15 |
Cause: |
To publicize flowers and
mark the 2006 New Year |
Catalogue Number: |
2005/49-52 |
Denomination: |
3 Baht, 3 Baht, 3 Baht, 3 Baht |
Unused Value: |
4 Baht, 4 Baht, 4 Baht, 4 Baht |
Complete Set: |
16 Baht (unused), 8 Baht
(used) |
Thailex Collection: |
Unused set |
Size: |
26 x
21 mm |
Quantity
of Stamps: |
1,000,000 pieces per design |
Printer: |
Thai British Security
Printing Public Company Limited, Thailand |
Subject: |
1. Hiranyika (Beaumontia murtonii), i.e.
a vine-shape plant with a white flower that blossoms from December to
February; 2. Cotton Rose (Hibiscus
mutabilis), i.e. an
evergreen medium-size shrub, that blossoms throughout the year. Its
flower is white at dawn, turns pink in the late morning, and becomes
deep pink in the afternoon before dying in the evening; 3. Shoe Flower (Hibiscus
rosa-sinensis), i.e. a
small shrub with flowers that come in red, pink, white or orange, and
which is the symbolic flower of
Pattani
Province; 4. Yellow
Cotton Tree
(Cochlospermum religiosum), i.e. a deciduous tree with yellow flowers
that blossom only from December to March. It is the symbolic flower of
Nakhon Nayok,
Buriram,
Saraburi,
Suphanburi,
and
Uthai Thani
Provinces. |
Related Link: |
Hibiscus,
Cotton Tree,
Pattani,
Nakhon Nayok,
Buriram,
Saraburi,
Suphanburi,
Uthai Thani |
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