Issue Name: |
Centennial of RTAF Founding
Fathers' Aviation (1st Series) |
Thai
Issue
Name: |
100 ปี
การบินของบุพการีทหารอากาศ ชุดที่ 1 |
Issue Date: |
2012/2555-04-09 |
Cause: |
To mark
the establishment of the
Royal Thai Air
Force on 9 April 1937, which was formerly known as the
Department of Aviation under the Ministry of Defence, as
well as to
commemorate
the
Centennial of
Royal Thai Air
Force's
Founding Fathers. |
Catalogue Number: |
2012/30-37 |
Denomination: |
3 Baht (all designs) |
Unused Value: |
4 Baht (8 designs) |
Complete Set: |
32 Baht (unused), 8 Baht
(used) |
Thailex Collection: |
Unused set |
Size: |
30 x 48
mm |
Quantity of Stamps: |
500,000 pieces per design |
Printer: |
Chan Wanich Security Printing
Company Limited, Thailand |
Subject: |
Different models of
Army
aircraft once used by the
Royal Thai Air
Force, that celebrate the establishment of the Air Force: 1.
Nieuport 11 (WWI trainer monoplane); 2. Breguet Type III
(biplane); 3.
Boriphat
(bomber
aircraft) flying over the
Yamuna
River and
the Taj
Mahal
in Agra, in
December 1929; 4. Mitsubishi Ki-30 (light bomber aircraft);
5. Grumman F8F Bearcat (fighter aircraft); 6. Republic F-84G Thunderjet (turbojet fighter-bomber); 7. North American F-86
Sabre (transonic jet fighter); Northrop F-5A Freedom Fighter
(light supersonic fighter) |
Related Link: |
Founding Fathers of the Royal Thai Air Force,
Boriphat,
Krasuang Kalaahome,
kong thap,
Phraya,
Yamuna River,
Taj
Mahal,
Farman,
Royal Thai Air Force Museum,
Jet Fighters Monument,
Centennial of RTAF Founding Fathers' Aviation (2nd Series) |