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Railway - 2nd Series (1990)

 

   

    Mikado Locomotive No. 953

 

 Issue Name:

Railway (2nd Series)

 Thai Issue Name:

รถไฟ (ชุด2)

 Issue Date:

1990/2533-12-29

 Cause:

To propagate the activities of the State Railway of Thailand

 Catalogue Number:

1990/43-46

 Denomination:

2 Baht, 3 Baht, 5 Baht, 6 Baht

 Unused Value:

5 Baht, 10 Baht, 18 Baht, 22 Baht

 Complete Set: 

55 Baht (unused), 40 Baht (used)

 Thailex Collection:

Unused set

 Size:

27 x 45 mm

 Quantity of Stamps:

3 million pieces for design 1; and 1 million pieces for each of the other designs

 Printer:

Leigh-Mardon Pty. Limited, Australia

 Subject:

Various types of steam locomotives used by the State Railway of Thailand in the past: 1. English Krauss & Co. Locomotive No. 6, series 5-6, put into service in 1908 on the Mae Khlong Line; 2. Japanese Soong Neun (สูงเนิน), i.e. High Slope Locomotive No. 32, series 31-33 manufactured by Kyosan Kogyo of Fukushima and put into service in 1946; 3. Japanese C56 Locomotive No. 715, series 701-746 put into service in 1946; 4. Japanese Mikado Locomotive No. 953, series 901-970, made by Japan Association of Railway Industry and put into service in 1949-1951.

 Related Link:

State Railway of Thailand, Mae Khlong-Mahachai Railway