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Thai Crabs - 1st Series (1979) ●

 

   

  

 

 Issue Name:

Thai Crabs (1st Series)

 Thai Issue Name:

ปูไทย (ชุดที่ )

 Issue Date:

1979/2522-03-22

 Cause:

To publicize Thai marine crabs

 Catalogue Number:

1979/3-6

 Denomination:

2 Baht, 2.75 Baht , 3 Baht, 5 Baht

 Unused Value:

50 Baht, 120 Baht, 70 Baht, 160 Baht

 Complete Set: 

400 Baht (unused), 120 Baht (used)

 Thailex Collection:

n/c

 Size:

27 x 45 mm

 Quantity of Stamps:

1,000,000 pieces per design

 Printer:

Suomen Pankin Setelipaino, Bank of Finland Security Printing House, Finland

 Subject:

Various marine crabs: 1. Moon Crab (Matuta lunaris), in Thai known as poo paen (ปูแป้น), i.e. ‘Round and Flat Crab’; 2. Flower Moon Crab (Matuta planipes), known in Thai as poo hanuman (ปูหนุมาน), i.e. Hanuman Crab’; 3. Blue Swimming Crab (Portunus pelagicus), in Thai called poo mah (ปูม้า), i.e. ‘Horse Crab’; 4. Giant Mud Crab (Scylla serrata), in Thai referred to as poo thalae (ปูทะเล), i.e. ‘Sea Crab’.

 Related Link:

Hanuman, poo mah, Thai Crabs - 2nd Series (1979)