King Rama VI and Scouts
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1961.THA.01-03- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 50th Anniversary of Thai Scouting
1961.THA.01· piece 3 of 3 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Thailand (THA)- Year / date
- 1961-11-01
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 2 b
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Bright blue
- CollectionIn collection if you have it; Purchased if it is bought but not yet received (do not buy again); Wanted otherwise.
- ✓ In collection
Production
- Designer
- Department of Fine Arts
- Printer
- Japanese State Printing Works
- Process
- Photogravure
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13
- Size
- 24 × 30 mm
Catalog numbers
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- TH 372
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- TH 384
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- TH 357
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- TH 449
Notes
Portrait of King Vajiravudh (Rama VI) with Cub, Girl and Boy Scouts
Series history
Thailand issued three photogravure stamps at Bangkok on 1 November 1961 for the fiftieth anniversary of Thai Scouting, founded in 1911 under King Vajiravudh (Rama VI). The designs are by the Department of Fine Arts; printing was at the Japanese State Printing Works, with watermark of wavy lines. Print runs were 1,000,000 of the 50 satang and 500,000 each of the 1 baht and 2 baht.
The 50 satang (pink carmine) shows the Thai Scout tiger-head emblem inside a fleur-de-lis and a three-finger salute. The 1 baht (green) places two Scouts — one holding the national flag, one saluting — before a camp building among trees. The 2 baht (blue) pairs a portrait of King Rama VI in dress uniform with Cub, Girl and Boy Scouts walking in the background. Sources give the perforation as 13 or 13½.