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Fighting Fish (2002)

 

   

   

 

 Issue Name:

Fighting Fish

 Thai Issue Name:

ปลากัด

 Issue Date:

2002/2545-05-15

 Cause:

To promote awareness of the different varieties of fighting fish

 Catalogue Number:

2002/14-17

 Denomination:

3 Baht, 3 Baht, 4 Baht, 15 Baht

 Unused Value:

5 Baht, 5 Baht, 7 Baht, 19 Baht

 Complete Set: 

36 Baht (unused), 24 Baht (used)

 Thailex Collection:

Unused set

 Size:

27 x 45 mm

 Quantity of Stamps:

1 million for the first 2 designs; 700,000 for the 2 other

 Printer:

Thai British Security Printing Public Company Limited, Thailand

 Subject:

Different varieties of Siamese Fighting Fish or Betta Fish, which are known in Thai as pla kad

 Related Link:

pla kad, Thai Fish (1967), National Aquatic Animal of Thailand - Betta Splendens