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Centenary Celebration of Princess Galyani Vadhana - 1st Series (2023)

 

  

Princess Galyani Vadhana  

 

 Issue Name:

Centenary Celebration of H.R.H. Princess Galyani Vadhana - Series 1

 Thai Issue Name:

ฉลอง 100 ปี วันประสูติ สมเด็จพระเจ้าพี่นางเธอ เจ้าฟ้ากัลยาณิวัฒนา กรมหลวงนราธิวาสราชนครินทร์ - ชุดที่ 1

 Issue Date:

2023/2566-05-06

 Cause:

To commemorate Princess Galyani Vadhana's 100th Birthday Anniversary

 Catalogue Number:

2023/9-12

 Denomination:

3 Baht, 3 Baht, 3 Baht, 3 Baht

 Unused Value:

3 Baht, 3 Baht, 3 Baht, 3 Baht

 Complete Set:

12 Baht (unused), 4 Baht (used)

 Thailex Collection:

n/a

 Size:

51 x 36 mm

 Quantity of Stamps:

300,000 pieces

 Printer:

Cartor Security Printing, France

 Subject:

1. Oval gilded frame with a black-and-white portrait of the newborn Princess Galyani Watthana/Galyani Vadhana, with her parents Prince Mahidon Adunyadet (fig.) and Princess Sangwan Talabhat/Sri Nagarindra (fig.); 2. Square gilded frame with a black-and-white portrait of Princess Galyani Watthana as a kid, with her brothers Prince Ananda Mahidol (fig.), the later King Rama VIII, and Bhumipol Adulyadej (fig.), the future King Rama IX; 3. Square gilded frame with a colour picture of King Rama IX, Royal portrait of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej His Majesty Bhumibol Adulyadej the Great while anointing his sister Princess Galyani Watthana at the royal consecration ceremony on 6 May 1995, on the occasion of His Majesty the King's 6th birthday cycle; 4. Oval gilded frame with a colour picture of Princess Galyani Watthana wearing a traditional Thai dress adorned with the auspicious ancient royal decorations and green-trimmed yellow sash of the Order of the Nine Gems, known in Thai as Nopparat Ratchawaraphon (นพรัตนราชวราภรณ์). Underneath each frame is the Princess' royal cipher (fig.). In the background of each stamps are some flowers in blue, her favourite colour.

 Related Link:

Galyani Watthana, Mahidon Adunyadet, Sri Nagarindra, Mahidon Adunyadet, Bhumipol Adulyadej, Rama VIII, Rama IX, Nopparat, Royal Decorations - 1st Series, Centenary Celebration of Princess Galyani Vadhana - 2nd Series