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700 Years of Thai Alphabet (1983)

 

1983/25     1983/26

1983/27    1983/28

 

 Issue Name:

700 Years of Thai Alphabet

 Thai Issue Name:

งานฉลอง 700 ปี ลายเสือไทย

 Issue Date:

1983/2526-11-17

 Cause:

To celebrate the invention of the Thai Alphabet in 1283 by King Ramkhamhaeng, ruler of Sukhothai, who is the acclaimed preserver of Thailand's cultural heritage in the field of linguistics

 Catalogue Number:

1983/25-28

 Denomination:

3 Baht, 7 Baht, 8 Baht, 9 Baht

 Unused Value:

30 Baht, 50 Baht, 35 Baht, 35 Baht

 Complete Set: 

150 Baht (unused), 40 Baht (used)

 Thailex Collection:

n/a

 Size:

27 x 45 mm for designs 1983/25-26, and 45 x 27 mm for designs 1983/27-28

 Quantity of Stamps:

1,000,000 pieces per design

 Printer:

John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd., England

 Subject:

1. Sangkhalok (Sangkalok) or Sawankhalok ware, i.e. (usually painted) pottery from the Sukhothai period and region, including a doll, plate, bowl and a hongse-shaped kendi; 2. close-up of the epigraph on the Stone of Ramkhamhaeng, with the silhouette of this ancient sila jahreuk in the background; 3. statue of a walking Buddha, an important artistic innovation from the Sukhothai period and now one of the four iryapatha; 4. remnants of Wat Mahathat in Sukhothai Historical Park.

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Thai Alphabet, Photographic Alphabet, Alphabet Postage Stamps, Ramkhamhaeng, Sukhothai, hongse, kendi, epigraph, Stone of Ramkhamhaeng, sila jahreuk, walking Buddha, Wat Mahathat, Sangkalok, Sawankhalok, iryapatha