Date of Issue : 15 Nov 2001
Postmark : Bangkok
Denomination : 4 x 2 baht
Stamp Size : 24 mm x 29 mm
Printing Process : Offset Lithography
New Year stamps, to herald the upcoming brand new year, are issued annually by Thailand Post. This set of stamps, to herald New Year 2002, features four Thai endangered flowers – Pedicularis siamensis P.C. Tsoong (top left stamp), a local species of the lousewort found only at Doi Chiang Dao in Chiang Mai Province; Schoutenia glomerata King, also known as the Yellow Star Flowers (top right stamp) and is found only at Doi Suthep and Doi Pui in Chiang Mai Province; Gentiana crassa Kurz. (bottom left stamp) that grows at Doi Inthanon and Doi Lanka Luang in Chiang Mai Province; as well as Colquhounia coccinea Wall, commonly known as the Himalayan mint shrub (bottom right stamp), and it grows in Doi Chiang Dao and Doi Ang Khang in Chiang Mai Province.