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Visit Thailand Year (1987)

 

Flower Offering Ceremony at Wat Phra Phutthabaat in Saraburi    Deuan Sip Festival at Wat Mahathat Wora Maha Wihaan in Nakhon Sri Thammarat

Bang Fai Festival at Phrathat Kong Khao Noi in Yasothon    Loi Krathong Festival at Wat Mahathat in Sukhothai

 

 Issue Name:

Visit Thailand Year

 Thai Issue Name:

ปีท่องเที่ยวทย

 Issue Date:

1987/2530-09-18

 Cause:

To commemorate the 1987 Visit Thailand Year and to publicize the culture and local tradition in various regions of Thailand

 Catalogue Number:

1987/19-22

 Denomination:

2 Baht, 3 Baht, 5 Baht, 7 Baht

 Unused Value:

11 Baht, 11 Baht, 22 Baht, 33 Baht

 Complete Set: 

77 Baht (unused), 44 Baht (used)

 Thailex Collection:

Unused set

 Size:

45 x 27 mm

 Quantity of Stamps:

3,000,000 pieces for design 1 and 1,000,000 pieces each for designs 2-4

 Printer:

Société Nouvelle Cartor Sarl., France

 Subject:

Logo of the 1987 Visit Thailand Year, which is in part made up of the logo of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (fig.), as well as: 1. Tak Baat Dokmai Festival, with the annual Flower Offering Ceremony, at Wat Phra Phutthabaht in Saraburi; 2. Deuan Sip Festival, i.e. the Tenth Lunar Month Festival, at Wat Mahathat Wora Maha Wihaan in Nakhon Sri Thammarat; 3. Bang Fai Festival at Phrathat Kong Khao Noi in Yasothon; 4. Loi Krathong Festival at Wat Mahathat in Sukhothai

 Related Link:

Tak Baat, Wat Phra Phutthabaht, Saraburi, Wat Mahathat Wora Maha Wihaan, Nakhon Sri Thammarat, Loi Krathong, Wat Mahathat, Sukhothai, Yasothon, Bang Fai, Thai Traditional Festival - Floral Offerings, 20th Anniversary of the UNESCO