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The Philatelists Association of Thailand
(2011)
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Issue
Name: |
Philatelists Association of Thailand |
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Thai
Issue
Name: |
สมาคมนักสะสมตราไปรษณียากรแห่งประเทศไทยในพระบรมราชูปถัมภ์สมเด็จพระเทพรัตนราชสุดาฯ
สยามบรมราชกุมารี |
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Issue Date: |
2011/2554-08-09 |
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Cause: |
To commemorate
The Philatelists Association
of Thailand's
establishment and its first meeting on 9 August 1975, in
which an ad-hoc executive committee was elected, as required
by the association's regulations. |
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Catalogue Number: |
2011/113 |
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Denomination: |
3 Baht |
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Unused Value: |
6 Baht |
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Used Value: |
1 Baht |
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Thailex Collection: |
Unused stamp |
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Size: |
36 x 51
mm |
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Quantity
of Stamps: |
500,000 pieces |
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Printer: |
Thai British Security Printing Public Company
Limited, Thailand |
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Subject: |
Postage stamp
of 3 Baht with another 3 Baht postage stamp issued in 2005 (fig.),
with the portrait of Princess
Maha
Chakri
Sirindhorn,
under whose royal patronage
The Philatelists
Association of Thailand
was founded in 1975, initiated by some enthusiastic stamp
collectors and senior officials of the then Post and
Telegraph Department; the Philatelists Association of
Thailand's current logo, which itself features a stamp of 1
Solot,
i.e. the very first stamp of the very first set of 3 Thai
postage stamps, issued in 1883 AD and with a portrait of
King
Rama V;
and the back of an ancient postcard with four stamped
postage stamps of 1
Siyaw
each, also with
a portrait of King
Chulalongkorn
and the third and last stamp in the same first set. |
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Related Link: |
The Philatelists Association of Thailand,
Sirindhorn,
Baht,
Solot,
Siyaw,
Rama V,
Chulalongkorn,
Rama V (1st Issue - Solot,
At, Siyaw) |
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