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Thai Boxing
(1975) ●
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Issue
Name: |
Thai Boxing |
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Thai
Issue
Name: |
มวยไทย |
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Issue Date: |
1975/2518-05-20 |
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Cause: |
To promote Thai Boxing |
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Catalogue Number: |
1975/16-19 |
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Denomination: |
0.75 Baht, 2.75 Baht,
3 Baht, 5 Baht |
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Unused Value: |
30 Baht,
120 Baht, 100 Baht, 250 Baht |
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Complete Set: |
500 Baht (unused), 180 Baht
(used) |
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Thailex Collection: |
n/c |
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Size: |
27 x 45 mm |
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Quantity
of Stamps: |
3,000,000
pieces for design A and 1,000,000 pieces for each of the other designs |
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Printer: |
Suomen
Pankin Setelipaino, Bank of Finland
Security Printing House, Finland |
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Subject: |
Different fighting attitudes as used in
muay khaak cheuak
and the modern version
muay thai,
namely: 1. Te (เตะ),
literally
‘Kick’, but in English referred to as the Roundhouse Kick; 2.
Sok
Klab
(ศอกกลับ) i.e.
‘Reversed Elbow’; 3. Khao Loy (เข่าลอย), literally
‘Floating Knee’, in English referred to as the Flying Knee; and 4.
Wai Kruh
(fig.),
literally
‘Greeting
to the Teacher’,
i.e. a Ritual Homage, usually performed in the form of a ritual
dance known as
Ram Muay
(fig.) |
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Related Link: |
muay thai,
muay khaak cheuak,
wai kruh,
ram muay,
wai,
kruh,
Muay Thai (2024),
Thai Heritage Conservation - Thai
Boxing (2003) |
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