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Children's Day (2004)

 

Sut Saakhon and his the dragon-horse, taking advice from a hermit

 

 Issue Name:

National Children's Day

 Thai Issue Name:

วันเด็กแห่งชาติ ปี 2547

 Issue Date:

2004/2547-01-10

 Cause:

Annual Commemorative Stamp to mark the National Children's Day and to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the release of the 82-minute animated feature film The Adventures of Sut Saakhon, which was first shown in public on Songkraan Day in 1979.

 Catalogue Number:

2004/2

 Denomination:

3 Baht

 Unused Value:

5 Baht

 Used Value:

2 Baht

 Thailex Collection:

Unused stamp

 Size:

27 x 45 mm

 Quantity of Stamps:

2 million pieces per design

 Printer:

Thai British Security Printing Public Company Limited, Thailand

 Subject:

Sut Saakhon and his the hybrid dragon-horse, taking advice from a reusi (hermit) during his quest to find his father Phra Aphaimanih. The illustration is from the movie called The Adventures of Sut Saakhon, an animated film of the story and the first ever cel-animated feature film created by a Thai cartoonist, i.e. Payut Ngaokrachang (ปยุต เงากระจ่าง)

 Related Link:

Phra Aphaimanih, Sut Saakhon, dragon-horse