Animal Stamp od Thailand

Thailand is located in central part of Indochina, and is the country which avoided colonial rule of the European Great Powers alone in a Southeastern Asian area. In the monarchy nation which the sovereign gives the king to, it pass through Sukhothai dynasty of the thirteenth century, Ayutthaya dynasty of the 14th century, and Chakri is founded in 1782, and it is it formally with the constitutional monarchys in 1932 and reaches it at the present. The name of a country won, and it was Siam (SIAM), but it was checked in Thailand which meant "a free country" in Thai in 1949. This name shows that Thailand kept independence while Southeast Asian coutries become a colony of the European Great Powers.
Eight kinds of stamps on which drew a rare bird made specially in Southeast Asia were issued by Thailand in 1967.
Eight kinds of stamps on which drew a rare fish made specially in Southeast Asia were issued in 1968.
Furthermore, four kinds of stamps on which it drew a bird were issued in 1976.

Thailand
1967.2.1 Bird Stamp
Great Hornbill
Buceros bicornis
(Bucerotidae)
Common Hill Myna
Gracula religiosa
(Sturnidae)
White-rumped Shama
Copsychus malabaricus
(Turdidae)
Siamese Fireback
Lophura diardi
(Phasianidae)
Spotted Dove
Spilopelia chinensis
(Columbidae)
Sarus Crane
Grus antigone
(Gruidae)
White-throated Kingfisher
Halcyon smyrnensis
(Alcedinidae)
Asian Openbill
Anastomus oscitans
(Ciconiidae)


1968.6.1 Fish Stamp
Snakeskin Gourami
Trichogaster pectoralis
(Osphronemidae)
Red-tailed Black Shark
Epalzeorhynchos bicolor
(Cyprinidae)
Great Indian Masheer
Tortambroides duronesis
(Cyprinidae)
Chao Phraya Catfish
Pangasius sanitwongsei
(Pangasiidae)
Asian Bumblebee Catfish
Leiocassis siamensis
(Bagridae)
Queen of Siam Mangrove Goby
Mugilogobius rambaiae
(Gobiidae)
Giant Barb
Catlocarpio siamensis
(Cyprinidae)
Clown Knifefish
Notopterus chitala
(Notopteridae)

1976.4.2 Bird Stamp
Common Goldenback
Dinopium javanense
(Picidae)
Green-billed Malkoha
Phaenicophaeus tristis
(Cuculidae)
Large Scimitar Babbler
Pomatorhinus hypoleucos
(Zosteropidae)
Common Green Magpie
Cissa chinensis
(Corvidae)


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