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National Children's Day (1993)

 

    

 

 Issue Name:

National Children's Day 1993

 Thai Issue Name:

วันเด็กแห่งชาติ ปี 2536

 Issue Date:

1993/2536-01-09

 Cause:

To mark the National Children's Day, with first prize winning drawings from the 1991 International Letter Writing Week stamp drawing competition for children up to 9 years (design 1), with the theme ‘River of Life’;  for children up to 12 years (design 2), with the theme ‘Lovely Wild Animals and Beautiful Forest’; and for children up to 16 years (design 3), with the theme ‘Communications in the Next Decade’.

 Catalogue Number:

1993/1-3

 Denomination:

2 Baht, 2 Baht, 2 Baht

 Unused Value:

8 Baht, 8 Baht, 8 Baht

 Complete Set: 

24 Baht (unused), 9 Baht (used)

 Thailex Collection:

Unused set

 Size:

27 x 45 mm

 Quantity of Stamps:

2,000,000 per design

 Printer:

Joh. Enschedé Stamps, Security Printers B.V., The Netherlands

 Subject:

1. Drawing by Ms. Prathinthip Mensin (ด.ญ. ประทินทิพย์ เม่นสิน), with the theme ‘River of Life’, depicting children playing in a waterway near a house, with one jumping in the water from a platform; 2. drawing by Mr. Pratsani Thammaprasert (ด.ช. ปรัศนีย์ ธรรมประเสริฐ), with the theme  ‘Lovely Wild Animals and Beautiful Forest’, depicting wild animals, especially African animals, in a forest; and 3. drawing by Ms. Natchaliya Suthiprasit (.ส. ณัฐชลียา สุทธิประสิทธิ์), with the theme ‘Communications in the Next Decade’, depicting various modes of modern public transportation and a satellite, with in the background an aerial view of a city with a huge freeway.

 Related Link:

khlong, Dusit Zoo, Chiang Mai Zoo, Bangkok Mass Transit System, Bangkok Metro, Don Meuang