50th Anniversary of the Thai Boy Scouts

ฉลอง 50 ปี ลูกเสือไทย

1961/2504-11-01

Commemorative Stamps to mark the the 50th Anniversary of the Thai Boy Scouts, which were founded by King Rama VI in 1911

1961/8-10

0.50 Baht, 1.00 Baht, 2.00 Baht

30 Baht, 60 Baht, 70 Baht

160 Baht (unused), 72 Baht (used)

Unused set

21 x 27 mm for design A; 27 x 21 mm for design B and C

2 million pieces for the first design, 1 million each for the other two designs

Government Printing Bureau, Ministry of Finance, Japan

A. logo of the Thai Boy Scouts and a hand performing the Boy Scout greeting, i.e. the thumb and little finger held together and three fingers pointing upward; B. boys scout greeting a boys scout leader, who is standing at the side of the Thai national flag, with a camp site in the background; C. King Rama VI, the founder of the Thai Boy Scouts, and three members of the organization, one girl scout and two boy scouts, marching in their uniforms. Each stamp also bears the English text: "Thai Scout 50th Anniversary" underneath a text in Thai, which reads: "ลูกเสือไทย ฉลอง ๕๐ ปี พ.ศ. ๒๔๕๔-๒๕๐๔" or "Look Seua Thai Chalong 50 Pih PH.S. (BE) 2454-2504".

look seua, Vajiravudh, Rama VI