Greetings from Bangkok, Wat Phra Keo (Thailand)

Greetings from Bangkok, Wat Phra Keo (Thailand)

Westerners find it both amusing and sometimes inconvenient that the Thai language cannot be transliterated exactly into “western” alphabets.  This unused card is a perfect example.  Yes, it’s the Temple of the Emerald Buddha — no problem there.  But on the front it’s spelled as “Wat Phra Keo” and on the reverse it’s “Wat Phra Keaw”.   Just a little oddity on a classic Bangkok postcard.  Grade: 1

Name: Greetings from Bangkok, Wat Phra Keo (Thailand)

From: THEMES/Buddhist

Code: 40100127

Price: $4.00