Thailand Arts and Crafts Year (1989)
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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. |
Related Links: |
mon khwahn,
porcelain,
kreuang thuay chaam,
laai kraam,
thong samrit,
thevada,
thepatida,
sahm saai,
rattana,
Thai Precious Stones |
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