Thai Heritage Conservation
-
Mother-of-Pearl
(1990)
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Issue
Name: |
Thai
Heritage Conservation -
Mother-of-Pearl
(3rd Series) |
Thai
Issue
Name: |
อนุรักษ์มรดกไทย
2533 - เครื่องประดับมุก
(ชุด3) |
Issue Date: |
1990/2533-04-02 |
Cause: |
Annual
commemorative stamps for the Thai Heritage Conservation Day
in honour of H.R.H. Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, with
designs of prize-winning drawings from the 1988
International Letter Writing Week drawing competition |
Catalogue Number: |
1990/5-8 |
Denomination: |
2 Baht,
2 Baht, 8 Baht, 8 Baht |
Unused Value: |
8 Baht, 8 Baht, 19 Baht,
19 Baht |
Complete Set: |
54 Baht (unused), 44 Baht
(used) |
Thailex Collection: |
Unused set |
Size: |
48 x 33 mm
for design 1 and 2; 33 x
48 mm
for design 3 and 4 |
Quantity
of Stamps: |
700,000 pieces per design |
Printer: |
The Government Printing
Bureau, Ministry of Finance, Japan |
Subject: |
Various
styles of vessels and containers inlaid with
mother-of-pearl,
which are in Thai together referred to as
kreuang pradab
muk,
i.e.
‘pearl-adorned
accessories’:
1. a footed tray with a conical lid, which is used as a container to
offer food to monks, and in Thai known as
tiab;
2.
a ceremonial set of two indented and footed trays
called
phaan
waen fah,
which are used to
offer monk's robes, especially during
thod kathin;
3. a flat cylindrical shaped container with a lid, which in Thai is
called
lung; and 4. a round receptacle with
a foot and covered with a cone-shaped lid used as an emblem of noble
rank and in Thai called
chiat
klom (กลม),
i.e.
‘round
chiat’. |
Related Link: |
mother-of-pearl,
tiab,
muk,
phaan,
waen fah,
fah baat,
chiat,
thod kathin,
lung,
hsun ok |
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