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125th Anniversary of Thai Postal Service - 1st Series (2008)

 

       

   

 

 Issue Name:

125th Anniversary of Thai Postal Service - 1st Series

 Thai Issue Name:

๑๒๕ ปี ไปรษณีย์ไทย - ชุด

 Issue Date:

2011/2554-08-01

 Cause:

To commemorate 125 years since the first issue of a Thai postage stamp on 4 August 1883 and 125 years of Thai Postal Services

 Catalogue Number:

2008/64-68

 Denomination:

5 Baht, 5 Baht, 5 Baht, 10 Baht, 25 Baht

 Unused Value:

6 Baht, 6 Baht, 6 Baht, 12 Baht, 30 Baht

 Complete Set:

60 Baht (unused), 30 Baht (used)

 Thailex Collection:

Unused set

 Size:

49 x 30 mm

 Quantity of Stamps:

1,000,000 pieces per design

 Printer:

Cartor Security Printing S.A., France

 Subject:

Ancient stamps printed on new stamps depicting the very first issues of Thai postage stamps, dating from 4 August 1883, with the portrait of King Chulalongkornnamely, i.e. Rama V and in the following sequence: 1 At, with in the background the nation's first ever Post Office building near the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok (fig.); 1 Siyaw; 1 Sihk; 1 Saleung; and a silver hologram of the stamp of 1 Solot.

 Related Link:

Rama V, Chulalongkorn, Solot, At, Siyaw, Sihk, Saleung, Rama V (1st Issue - Solot, At, Siyaw), Rama V (1st Issue - Sihk), Rama V (1st Issue - Saleung), 130th Anniversary of Thai Postal Services, 135th Anniversary of Thai Postal Service