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Bang Khen Monument (1943)

 

    

 

 Issue Name:

Bangkhen Monument

 Thai Issue Name:

อนุสาวรีย์ปราบกบฏ

 Issue Date:

1943/2486-11-25 for design 1943/3 and 1943/2486-11-25 for design 1943/4

 Cause:

To commemorate the 17 police and soldiers, who lost their lives during the suppression of the 1933 Boworadet Rebellion, known in Thai as Kabot Boworadet (กบฏบวรเดช), a failed coup d'état led by royalist Prince Boworadet, which attempted to restore power back to the King as the Head of the Country, following the 1932 revolution that had led to the nation's transition from an absolute monarchy to a constitutional monarchy.

 Catalogue Number:

1943/3-4

 Denomination:

0.02 Baht, 0.1 Baht

 Unused Value:

70 Baht, 70 Baht

 Complete Set: 

140 Baht (unused), 100 Baht (used)

 Thailex Collection:

n/a

 Size:

32 x 20 mm

 Quantity of Stamps:

2,000,000 per design

 Printer:

The Royal Thai Survey Department

 Subject:

The 5th Constitution Monument, in Thai literally known as the Monument for the Protection of the Constitution (อนุสาวรีย์พิทักษ์รัฐธรรมนูญ) or Anusawarih Prahb Kabot (อนุสาวรีย์ปราบกบฏ), i.e. Monument of the Suppression of the Rebellion, and popularly referred to as Laksi Monument (อนุสาวรีย์หลักสี่) or Bang Khen Monument (อนุสาวรีย์บางเขน), after its location on the Laksi Roundabout in Bang Khen District, Bangkok.

 Related Link:

Anusawarih Prahb Kabot, Royal Thai Survey Department, Bangkok