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120th Anniversary of National Auditing (1995)

 

 

 Issue Name:

120th Anniversary of National Auditing

 Thai Issue Name:

120 ปี การตรวจเงินแผ่นดินไทย

 Issue Date:

1995/2538-09-18

 Cause:

To commemorate the 120th Anniversary of National Auditing, which came into existence when King Rama V in 1875 by Royal Decree, the nation's first enactment on audit and control of public finance, created the Royal Audit Office.

 Catalogue Number:

1995/29

 Denomination:

2 Baht

 Unused Value:

7 Baht

 Used Value:

4 Baht

 Thailex Collection:

Unused stamp

 Size:

27 x 45 mm

 Quantity of Stamps:

2,500,000 pieces

 Printer:

Thai British Security Printing Public Company Limited, Thailand

 Subject:

Illustrates the scope of authority, as well as the activities of the Office of the Auditor General of Thailand, i.e. an independent organization under the supervision of the State Audit Commission, that is responsible for checking the government's budget, by the systematic and independent examination of its books, accounts, and documents, in order to ascertain how far the financial statements represent a true view of the situation in the field, and as required by Thai Law and according to the Thai Constitution. In the top left corner is a faded photo of its office building in Bangkok.

 Related Link:

Office of the Auditor General, Ratthathammanoon, Bangkok, 72nd Anniversary of Office of the Auditor General, Centenary of Office of the Auditor General, Rama V