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Tuesday, 21 June 2005 |
Phra Yot Khunphon
Date of Issue: 19th June 2005
Designs: Illustrates the set of five amuletic Buddha images, Phra Yot Khunphon
9 baht: Phra Ruang Lang Rang Puen, Wat Phra Si Rattanamahathat, Sukhothai
9 baht: Phra Hu Yan, Wat Phra Si Rattanamahathat, Lop Buri
9 baht: Phra Chinnarat Bai Sema, wat Phra Si Rattanamahathat, Phitsanulok
9 baht: Phra Mahesuan, Wat Phra Si Rattanamahathat, Suphan Buri
9 baht: Phra Tha Kradan, Si Sawat, Kanchanaburi
Stamp collecting in Thailand is very popular. At school we have a very active stamp club which I started when I first came to Thailand. There are about 200 members. I buy the stamps for the students at the local post office and then sell them for the same price during stamp club meetings. Many of these stamps sell out within a few hours of the post office opening. If we didn't have the stamp club the students would then have to buy the stamps at higher prices in local stamp shops. Stamps about the royal family and Buddha sell out quickly. This stamp sheet of amulets is a good example. There was a long line forming even before the post office opened.
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