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Thai Rice (1999)

 

transplanting rice paddy sprouts   rice harvesting

mechanical threshing   rice as staple food

 

 Issue Name:

Thai Rice (Thailand Best)

 Thai Issue Name:

ข้าวไทย (ไทยแลนด์เบ็สท์)

 Issue Date:

1999/2542-02-25

 Cause:

To publicize Thai rice

 Catalogue Number:

1999/6-9

 Denomination:

6 Baht, 6 Baht, 12 Baht, 12 Baht

 Unused Value:

9 Baht, 9 Baht, 16 Baht, 16 Baht

 Complete Set: 

50 Baht (unused), 34 Baht (used)

 Thailex Collection:

Unused set

 Size:

27 x 45 mm (30 x 48 mm incl. white border)

 Quantity of Stamps:

500,000 per design

 Printer:

Thai British Security Printing Public Company Limited, Thailand

 Subject:

The seasonal cycle of rice production by Thai farmers and the Thailand Best quality award logo: 1. rice planting and bundles of young rice sprouts, that in Thai are called ton klah; 2. rice harvesting and an ear of paddy; 3. mechanical threshing and some threshed paddy; 4. cooked whole grain rice as staple food, served in a benjarong rice bowl and a golden paddy field.

 Related Link:

rice, ton klah, yaay ton klah, benjarong, United Nations Day (1979)