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H.M. the Queen's 70th Birthday Anniversary (2002)

 

Queen Sirikit surrounded by Queen Sirikit Roses   Queen Sirikit Rose

Cattleya Queen Sirikit Orchid   Queen Sirikit Mussaenda

 

 Issue Name:

H.M. the Queen's 70th Birthday Anniversary

 Thai Issue Name:

70 พรรษา สมเด็จพระนางเจ้าฯ พระบรมราชินีนาถ

 Issue Date:

2002/2545-08-12

 Cause:

To celebrate and commemorate Her Majesty the Queen's seventieth birthday anniversary

 Catalogue Number:

2002/26-29

 Denomination:

3 Baht, 3 Baht, 4 Baht, 15 Baht

 Unused Value:

6 Baht, 6 Baht, 7 Baht, 20 Baht

 Complete Set: 

39 Baht (unused), 21 Baht (used)

 Thailex Collection:

n/a

 Size:

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

 Quantity of Stamps:

1 million for the first 2 designs; 700,000 for the 2 other

 Printer:

Thai British Security Printing Public Company Limited, Thailand

 Subject:

Portrait of Queen Sirikit Kitthiyagon, as well as pictures of flowers named after her majesty, namely 1. and 2. Queen Sirikit Roses; 3. Cattleya Queen Sirikit Orchid; 4. Queen Sirikit Mussaenda (Mussaenda philippica)

 Related Link:

Sirikit Kitthiyagon, kulaab, Yellow Rose, orchid, Royal Orchids, Mussaenda philippica