Thailand, Pathum Thani

King Bhumibol and Queen Sirikit

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

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.

Thailand - Yannawa, Bangkok

From Thailand, the 3D stamp on the right is one of two lenticular stamps depicting a Thai puppet show. This stamp was issued for the Philatelic Exhibition on August 9, 2009.

 

2009 Thailand stamp - BHT25 lenticular Thai puppet show

This is a very special cover for me because I like unusual stamps. I have shown the other stamp in this set. Also on the cover is from an April 13, 1998 issue of a wild cat - Panthera pardus.