History of Thai Postage Stamps in the Reign of King Ananda Mahidol (King Rama VIII)
The first stamp issue in the King Ananda Mahidol's reign is known as the "Bang-Pa-In Issue", each set consisting of 12 stamps, Illustrating the royal portrait of H.M.King Ananda Mahidol,rice field plouhing ,and Bang-Pa-In Palace.The purpose of issuing this set of stamps is to mark the change of the reigning King to a new one. The committee was appointed to select pictures to be illustrated on the stamps, whose members were Luang Kovitaphaiwong, Luang Vichitvatakarn, and M.C. Samaichalern Kridakorn,and the stamps were printed in England.
Subsequent issues are the Airmail Issue King Ananda Mahidol Issue,Victory Monument Commemorative Issue Bangkhen Monument Commemorative Issue , and Four states Issue. All these stamps were printed by the Royal Thai survey Department, as the World War II was in Progress.
The set of the stamp issue, Which deserves of remembering for its importance in Thai philatelic history, is "the Four States Issue".The Post and Telegraph Department released stamps of this issue for use in 1944 to mark the annexation to Thailand of four states of Malaysia,namely, Sai Buri,Kelantan,Trengganu, and Perlis state ,early in World War II. After Japan's defeat in the said war, Thailand declared its alliance to the Allies, and had returned the said four states to Britain.During the period over a little of one year, when the four states were under Thai rule, Thailand had introduced in use the stamps of the "Four States Issue" in postal services,and as the local people used currency of decimal (cent) system, Thai Stamps in this issue had therefore been subjected to the use of the said currency.The stamp issue consists of 6 denomination, namely 1,2,3,4,8,15 cent denomination. All the stamps depict the war veteran monument
The first stamp issue in the King Ananda Mahidol's reign is known as the "Bang-Pa-In Issue", each set consisting of 12 stamps, Illustrating the royal portrait of H.M.King Ananda Mahidol,rice field plouhing ,and Bang-Pa-In Palace.The purpose of issuing this set of stamps is to mark the change of the reigning King to a new one. The committee was appointed to select pictures to be illustrated on the stamps, whose members were Luang Kovitaphaiwong, Luang Vichitvatakarn, and M.C. Samaichalern Kridakorn,and the stamps were printed in England.
Subsequent issues are the Airmail Issue King Ananda Mahidol Issue,Victory Monument Commemorative Issue Bangkhen Monument Commemorative Issue , and Four states Issue. All these stamps were printed by the Royal Thai survey Department, as the World War II was in Progress.
The set of the stamp issue, Which deserves of remembering for its importance in Thai philatelic history, is "the Four States Issue".The Post and Telegraph Department released stamps of this issue for use in 1944 to mark the annexation to Thailand of four states of Malaysia,namely, Sai Buri,Kelantan,Trengganu, and Perlis state ,early in World War II. After Japan's defeat in the said war, Thailand declared its alliance to the Allies, and had returned the said four states to Britain.During the period over a little of one year, when the four states were under Thai rule, Thailand had introduced in use the stamps of the "Four States Issue" in postal services,and as the local people used currency of decimal (cent) system, Thai Stamps in this issue had therefore been subjected to the use of the said currency.The stamp issue consists of 6 denomination, namely 1,2,3,4,8,15 cent denomination. All the stamps depict the war veteran monument
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