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Centenary of the Siam Society (2004)

 

logo of the Siam Society and Ban Khamthiang

 

 Issue Name:

Centenary of the Siam Society

 Thai Issue Name:

100 ปี สยามสมาคมในพระบรมราชูปถัมภ์

 Issue Date:

2004/2547-03-10

 Cause:

To commemorate of the Centenary of the Siam Society

 Catalogue Number:

2004/12

 Denomination:

3 Baht

 Unused Value:

5 Baht

 Used Value:

2 Baht

 Thailex Collection:

Unused stamp

 Size:

27 x 45 mm (30 x 48 mm incl. white border)

 Quantity of Stamps:

500,000 pieces

 Printer:

Thai British Security Printing Public Company Limited, Thailand

 Subject:

Khamthiang Memorial House and the emblem of Siam Society, the embossed elephant head (fig.). Khamthiang Memorial House is an old authentic Thai teak house, which was reconstructed and preserved in the compound of the Siam Society in Bangkok and serves as an ethnological museum. The teakwood house is claimed to be more than 160-year old and is said to originate from northern Thailand, with a roof decorated with kalae (fig.). However, the house in the Siam Society compound has a roof in the style of central Thailand, i.e. decorated with a hook or antefix (fig.).

 Related Link:

Siam Society, Reuan Thai, Siam Society Video