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Total Solar Eclipse of 24 October (1995)

 

 

 Issue Name:

Total Solar Eclipse 24 October 1995

 Thai Issue Name:

สุริยุปราคาเต็มดวงในประเทศไทย 24 ตุลาคม 2538

 Issue Date:

1995/2538-10-24

 Cause:

To commemorate the total solar eclipse in Thailand on 24 October 1995

 Catalogue Number:

1995/35

 Denomination:

2 Baht

 Unused Value:

7 Baht

 Used Value:

4 Baht

 Thailex Collection:

n/a

 Size:

27 x 45 mm

 Quantity of Stamps:

2,000,000 pieces

 Printer:

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

 Subject:

Illustration of a telescope observing the total solar eclipse which on 24 October 1995 was visible in 11 provinces of Thailand, with the narrow track in which the eclipse could be witnessed being displayed on the map of Thailand by a dark green transverse band, that −from west to east− runs over the territory of the provinces Tak, Kamphaeng Phet, Nakhon Sawan, Phichit, Uthai Thani, Phetchabun, Lopburi, Chaiyaphum, Nakhon Ratchasima, Buriram and Prachinburi, respectively.

 Related Link:

Tak, Kamphaeng Phet, Nakhon Sawan, Phichit, Uthai Thani, Phetchabun, Lopburi, Chaiyaphum, Nakhon Ratchasima, Buriram, Prachinburi, Rama IV, Rahu, National Science Day