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SEAP Games (1959)

 

Thai style mondop (gate)    Chattra (multi-layered parasol)

Archer in traditional Thai dress    Wat Arun (Temple of Dawn) and Suphanahongse (the King's personal Royal Barge)

 

 Issue Name:

SEAP Games

 Thai Issue Name:

กีฬาแหลมทองครั้งที่ 1

 Issue Date:

1959/2502-10-15

 Cause:

To mark the first ever SEAP Games, held in Bangkok in 1959

 Catalogue Number:

1959/2-5

 Denomination:

0.10 Baht, 0.25 Baht, 1.25 Baht, 2.00 Baht

 Unused Value:

33 Baht, 38 Baht, 165 Baht, 132 Baht

 Complete Set: 

368 Baht (unused), 110 Baht (used)

 Thailex Collection:

Unused set

 Size:

32 x 22 mm (35 x 25 mm incl. white border)

 Quantity of Stamps:

4 million pieces for each of the designs A and B, 1 million for each of the other two designs

 Printer:

Government Printing Bureau, Ministry of Finance, Japan

 Subject:

mondop; chattra; kaan ying thanoo; Suphanahongse, Wat Arun. Each stamps also bears the logo of the SEAP Games, i.e. a circle of six interlocking rings.

 Related Link:

SEA Games