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Issue
Name: |
The 50th Anniversary of Thai
Airmail Service |
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Thai
Issue
Name: |
ครบรอบ 50 ปีของไปรษณีย์อากาศไทย |
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Issue Date: |
1969/2512-12-10 |
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Cause: |
To mark the 50th Anniversary
of Thai Airmail Service |
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Catalogue Number: |
1969/18 |
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Denomination: |
1 Baht |
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Unused Value: |
11 Baht |
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Complete Set: |
55 Baht (unused), 22 Baht
(used) |
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Thailex Collection: |
Unused stamp |
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Size: |
27 x 45 mm (30 x 48 mm
incl. white border) |
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Quantity
of Stamps: |
3 million pieces |
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Printer: |
Government Printing Bureau,
Ministry of Finance, Japan |
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Subject: |
A French
Breguet
biplane
taking off, a map of Thailand, and some postal workers with
mailbags gathered at the airfield. The
Breguet
14 was
license-built
in
Siam
and
brought in by the
Ministry of Defence
in 1919, in order
to
deliver mailbags, thus establishing the Thai Airmail Service. |
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Related Links: |
Siam Airmail,
Krasuang Kalaahome,
Royal Thai Air Force Museum,
Map of Thailand |
.jpg "1969/18")
