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Satellite Communications (1968) ●

 

    

 

 Issue Name:

Satellite Communications

 Thai Issue Name:

การสื่อสารดาวเทียม

 Issue Date:

1968/2511-04-01

 Cause:

To commemorate the 1st Anniversary of the beginning of Satellite Communications Services in Thailand, which started in April 1967.

 Catalogue Number:

1968/2-3

 Denomination:

0.5 Baht, 3 Baht

 Unused Value:

30 Baht, 170 Baht

 Complete Set: 

200 Baht (unused), 60 Baht (used)

 Thailex Collection:

n/c

 Size:

35 x 22 mm

 Quantity of Stamps:

6,000,000 pieces for design 1968/2 and 1,000,000 pieces for design 1968/3

 Printer:

Government Printing Bureau, Ministry of Finance, Japan

 Subject:

A communications satellite in space orbiting Earth, with the Southeastern section of a world globe as seen from space, in which the contours of Thailand are highlighted in yellow and orange, and on which is the depiction of a parabolic satellite dish ground station.

 Related Link:

3rd Anniversary of Satellite Communications (1970)