The King's 60th Birthday Anniversary
(2nd Series) - Royal Life & Duties (1987)
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Issue
Name: |
The King's 60th Birthday
Anniversary (2nd Series) |
Thai
Issue
Name: |
มหามงคลเฉลิมพระชนมพรรษา
5
รอบ (ชุด2) |
Issue Date: |
1987/2530-12-05 |
Cause: |
To commemorate the fifth
birthday cycle, i.e. the 60th Birthday, of King
Bhumipon
Adunyadet |
Catalogue Number: |
1987/31-38 |
Denomination: |
2 Baht per design |
Unused Value: |
15 Baht per design |
Complete Set: |
120 Baht (unused), 48 Baht
(used) |
Thailex Collection: |
Unused set |
Size: |
27
x
48
mm |
Quantity
of Stamps: |
5,000,000 pieces per design |
Printer: |
The Government Printing
Bureau, Ministry of Finance, Japan |
Subject: |
Circles with
portraits of
King
Bhumipon
Adunyadet
in
different aspects of his personal life, as well as while performing his
royal duties. On the left is
his Royal Cypher in gold, on
each stamp against a different background colour: 1. in childhood; 2. his
wedding with
Queen
Sirikit Kitthiyagon;
3. his accession to the Throne; 4. on an unscheduled alms round during his
monkhood; 5. being greeted by a hundred-year old woman during a visit to
Isaan;
6. instructing hill tribe people on how to correctly use medicine; 7.
visiting wounded servicemen, together with the Queen; 8. examining a farming
project under royal patronage.
On the bottom half of the
circular picture frame is the text H.M. the King's 60th Birthday
Anniversary, and on the top half the Thai text
Maha
Mongkhon
Chaleum Phra Chanom
Phansa
Ha Rob (มหามงคลเฉลิมพระชนมพรรษา
5 รอบ),
i.e. the ‘Auspicious
Occassion of the Fifth Birthday Cycle Celebrations’. |
Related Link: |
Bhumipon
Adunyadet,
Chakri,
maha,
Sirikit Kitthiyagon,
mongkhon,
phansa,
bintabaat,
Isaan |
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