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Postman's Uniform (1976)
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Issue
Name: |
Postman's Uniform |
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Thai
Issue
Name: |
ชุดเครื่องแบบบุรุษไปรษณีย์ |
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Issue Date: |
1976/2519-08-04 |
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Cause: |
To publicize the history of
the postman's uniform in Thailand and to show its
development from 1883 up to 1974 |
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Catalogue Number: |
1976/14-17 |
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Denomination: |
1 Baht,
3 Baht,
4 Baht, 5 Baht |
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Unused Value: |
33 Baht,
88 Baht, 121 Baht, 198 Baht |
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Complete Set: |
440 Baht (unused), 198 Baht
(used) |
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Thailex Collection: |
Unused set |
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Size: |
45 x 27 mm |
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Quantity
of Stamps: |
3,000,000 pieces for the
first design and 1
million pieces each for the other 3 designs |
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Printer: |
Suomen Pankin Setelipaino
Bank of Finland Security Printing House, Finland |
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Subject: |
Thai postmen in different periods, i.e. in
1883, 1935, 1950 and in 1974, respectively, and each in the uniform of his
time and in front of a
postbox
of that era (fig.), as well as with in the background one or more objects that
refer to the specific time period: in the 1883 design it shows the
nation's first ever Post
Office building near
the
Chao
Phraya
River in
Bangkok
(fig.);
in the 1935 design it shows airplanes being
deployed in the advent of airmail delivery (fig.);
in the 1950 design it shows a postman
delivering mail by a small paddle boat known in Thai as
reua tae or
sampan;
and in the 1974 design the background shows a
Kiosk Post Office |
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Related Link: |
Thailand Post,
postboxes,
Philatelic Museum,
Bangkok 1983 International Stamp Exhibition (2nd Series),
Bangkok 1983 International Stamp
Exhibition (3rd Series),
Bangkok |
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