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King Rama IX's 7th Birthday Cycle - 2nd Series (2011)

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Agricola Medal

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WIPO Global Leaders Award    World Outstanding Invention Award

 

 Issue Name:

The Celebrations on the auspicious Occasion of His Majesty the King's 7th Cycle Birthday Anniversary 5th December 2011 (2nd Series) - Worldwide Recognition

 Thai Issue Name:

พระราชพิธีมหามงคลเฉลิมพระชนมพรรษา 7 รอบ 5 ธันวาคม 2554 (ชุด 2)

 Issue Date:

2011/2554-12-05

 Cause:

To commemorate the 84th Birthday and the 7th Birthday Cycle of King Rama IX

 Catalogue Number:

2011/149-155

 Denomination:

5 Baht (all designs)

 Unused Value:

7 Baht (all designs)

 Used Value:

49 Baht (unused), 14 Baht (used)

 Thailex Collection:

Unused set

 Size:

43 mm (diameter)

 Quantity of Stamps:

700,000 pieces per design

 Printer:

Thai British Security Printing Public Company Limited, Thailand

 Subject:

Seven heptagon-shaped stamps (to emphasize the 7th birthday cycle) in lithography with embossing technique and foil hot stamp, depicting pictures of some of the awards that different international organizations presented to King Bhumipol Adulyadej in various fields: 1. Agricola Medal, in recognition of His Majesty's devotion to the well-being and happiness of all people in Thailand, particularly those who till the soil, tend the waters and nurture the forests, by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Rome, Italy, on 6 December 1995; 2. WHO Plaque, in recognition of His Majesty's unstinting and powerful moral leadership and example in public health, by the World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva, Switzerland, on 31 May 2000; 3. Human Development Lifetime Achievement Award, in recognition of Lifetime Achievement in Human Development, by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), New York, U.S.A., on 26 May 2006; 4. International Rice Award Medal, in recognition of His Majesty's passionate and personal interest in and devotion to improving the well-being of rice farmers and consumers, particularly those with low incomes, by International Rice Research Institute, Laguna, the Philippines, on 5 June 1996; 5. Glory of the Greatest Inventor Medal, by International Federation of Inventors’ Associations for His Majesty’s New Theory for farmers and his Sufficiency Economy Philosophy, Budapest, Hungary, on 12 November 2007; 6. WIPO Global Leaders Award, by World Intellectual Property Organization,Geneva, Switzerland, on 14 January 2009; 7. World Outstanding Invention Award, by Brussels Eureka 2001, 50th World Exhibition of Innovation, Research and New Technology for His Majesty’s Low Speed Aerator (chai pattana aerator), Brussels, Belgium, on 27 March 2002.

 Related Link:

Rama IX, Bhumipol Adulyadej, New Theory, chai pattana aerator