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		      Inauguration of the 
				
		      
		      ASEAN 
				 
				Submarine Cable System (1983) 
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					| Issue 
					Name: |  
					Inauguration of the ASEAN Submarine Cable System |  
					| Thai Issue 
					Name: | 
					
					การเปิดการสื่อสารระบบเคเบิลใต้น้ำอาเซียน |  
					| Issue Date: | 
					1983/2526-09-27 |  
					| Cause: | 
					To publicize and commemorate 
					the inauguration of the 
					
		      		
		      ASEAN 
					Submarine Cable System linking 
					
                
	            Malaysia, Singapore 
					and 
					
			      Thailand. |  
					| Catalogue Number: | 
					1983/16-17 |  
					| Denomination: | 
					1.25 Baht, 
					7.00 Baht |  
					| Unused Value: | 
					10 Baht, 35 Baht |  
					| Complete Set: | 
					45 Baht (unused), 20 Baht 
					(used) |  
					| Thailex Collection: | 
					Unused set |  
					| Size: | 45 x 27 mm |  
					| Quantity 
					of Stamps: | 
					4,000,000 pieces for 
					design 1983/16, and 2,000,000 pieces for design 1983/17 |  
					| Printer: | 
					John Waddington of 
					Kirkstall Ltd., England |  
					| Subject: | 
					Map of Southeast Asia  
					in pink, with the seas in purple and 
					
			      Thailand highlighted in white. At he 
					bottom-half of the stamp is a pale blue ship over five 
					horizontal double lines in the same colour, that run 
					parallel to each other and represent water. Black curved 
					lines connect dots in 
		      
		      
		      Bangkok, 
					southern Thailand, 
					
                
	            Malaysia and 
					Singapore, and Singapore with the Philippines, whilst as the 
					latter connects back to southern Thailand with a white 
					dotted line. It represents the entire linking route of
					the
					
		      		
		      ASEAN 
					
					Submarine Cable System; 
					2. Close-up of the same area as in design 1983/16, but now in 
					amber, with the seas in brown and 
					
			      Thailand highlighted in a darker shade 
					of brown, and across the seas are the names 
					
                
	            Malaysia, Singapore 
					and Thailand, printed in beige and capital letters. Black 
					curved lines connect dots in 
		      
		      
		      Bangkok, 
					southern Thailand, 
					
                
	            Malaysia and 
					Singapore. It represents the linking route of the Submarine 
					Cable System between 
					Thailand, 
					
					
	            Malaysia and 
					Singapore. |  
					| Related Link: | 
					
					
					10th Anniversary of the 
					Asia-Pacific Telecommunications Organization,
					
					
					
                
	            Malaysia, 
					
			      Thailand, 
		      
		      
		      Bangkok, 
					
		      		
		      ASEAN |      
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