Tuesday 14 July 2015

Thailand, Pathum Thani

King Bhumibol and Queen Sirikit


From Thailand comes this beautiful cover with stamps featuring the King Bhumibol and Queen Sirikit.


Th081.12-80
2012 Thailand stamp - THB40 Queen Sirikit
To mark Queen Sirikit's 80th birthday on August 8, 2012, Thai Post issued a sheet with nine stamps. Eight stamps of THB5.00 show a portrait drawing of the queen for every decade of her life and the ninth stamp, value THB40.00, shows a side portrait of the queen wearing a tiara. This stamp was printed with an embossed pearl ink process and with holographic gold printing on the stamp text

Also on the cover is one of the stamps issued on October 10, 2010 showing King Bhumibol Adulyadej. There are 10 stamps in this set with values ranging from 1.00 to 15.00 Baht.
 
This cover also has the 12.12.12 special postmark.

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