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700 Years of
Thai Alphabet
(1983)
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Issue
Name: |
700 Years of Thai Alphabet |
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Thai Issue
Name: |
งานฉลอง 700 ปี ลายเสือไทย |
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Issue Date: |
1983/2526-11-17 |
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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 |
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Catalogue Number: |
1983/25-28 |
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Denomination: |
3 Baht,
7 Baht, 8 Baht,
9 Baht |
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Unused Value: |
30 Baht, 50 Baht, 35 Baht, 35
Baht |
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Complete Set: |
150 Baht (unused), 40 Baht
(used) |
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Thailex Collection: |
n/a |
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Size: |
27 x 45 mm
for designs 1983/25-26,
and 45 x 27 mm for designs 1983/27-28 |
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Quantity
of Stamps: |
1,000,000 pieces per design |
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Printer: |
John
Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd.,
England |
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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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Related Link: |
Thai Alphabet,
Photographic Alphabet,
Alphabet Postage Stamps,
Ramkhamhaeng,
Sukhothai,
hongse,
kendi,
epigraph,
Stone of
Ramkhamhaeng,
sila jahreuk,
walking Buddha,
Wat Mahathat,
Sangkalok,
Sawankhalok,
iryapatha |
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