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Thailand Arts and Crafts Year (1989)

 

porcelain pottery products    bronze statuettes

triangular mon khwahn floor pillow    jewelry adorned with Thai gemstones.

 

 Issue Name:

Thailand Arts and Crafts Year

 Thai Issue Name:

ศิลปหัตถกรรมไทย

 Issue Date:

1989/2532-06-28

 Cause:

To publicize Thailand's arts and crafts during the 1988-1989 Thailand Arts and Crafts Year, which was proclaimed by the Thai cabinet, with the aim to honour Queen Sirikit's strong support for the preservation of the country's national heritage of arts and crafts, which simultaneously facilitates upcountry people to earn additional income from their skills.

 Catalogue Number:

1989/19-22

 Denomination:

2 Baht, 2 Baht, 6 Baht, 6 Baht

 Unused Value:

5 Baht, 5 Baht, 15 Baht, 15 Baht

 Complete Set: 

40 Baht (unused), 24 Baht (used)

 Thailex Collection:

Unused set

 Size:

45 x 27 mm for designs 1 and 2, and 27 x 47 mm for designs 3 and 4

 Quantity of Stamps:

3,000,000 for the first two designs; and 1,000,000 each for the other two designs

 Printer:

Cartor S.A., France

 Subject:

Various art products from Thailand, as well as the logo of the Thailand Arts and Crafts Year, i.e. a traditional triangular floor cushion, called mon khwahn, over the text Thailand Arts and Crafts Year '88-'89: 1. porcelain pottery products (vase and chicken egg basket); 2. bronze statuettes (two female thevada or thepatida, one dancing, the other playing the sahm saai - fig.); 3. triangular floor pillow (mon khwahn); and 4. jewelry adorned with Thai gemstones.

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mon khwahn, porcelain, kreuang thuay chaam, laai kraam, thong samrit, thevada, thepatida, sahm saai, rattana, Thai Precious Stones