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White Elephants have been deemed important since the olden day. They have even mejor characteristics: white eyelids, a white roof to the mouth, white nails, white hair, white skin or skin that is the colour of a new clay pot, white tail hair and white testicles or having the colour of a new clay pot. It is traditionally believed that anyone who comes into possession of a white elephant will prosper and it is thus the symbol of those who have august power.
"Phra Sawet Adulyadej Phahon" is the name of the first Royal White Elephant that symbolizes the power of His Majesty the King. It is a male elephant belonging to the Prompong Family in the Atthatis Classification, named the Kamut. The colour of the body is that of the red lotus. It was born in the jungle in Krabi Province and was caught in 1965. Apart from Phra Sawet Adulyadej Phahon, there are twenty more White Elephants that symbolize the august power of the present Monarch.
Quantity of stamps : 1,300,000 pieces per design
Composition : 20 stamps per sheet
Printing Process: Lithography Multi-colour
Designer : Miss.Mayuree Narknisorn (Thailand Post Company Limited)
Souvenir Sheet Price : 10 Baht
Quantity of S/Sheet : 200,000 Sheets
Presentation Pack with Imperforation S/Sheet
Price : 100 Baht
Quantity : 50,000 Packs (Unverify)
FDC Price : 35 Baht
Quantity of FDC : 20,000 covers
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