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King Rama VI - 1st Series - Vienna (1912)

 

King Rama VI    King Rama VI    King Rama VI

King Rama VI    King Rama VI    King Rama VI

King Rama VI    King Rama VI    King Rama VI

King Rama VI    King Rama VI    King Rama VI

 

 Issue Name:

King Rama VI (1st Series - Vienna)

 Thai Issue Name:

รัชกาลที่ 6 (ชุดที่ 1 - เวียนนา)

 Issue Date:

1912/2455-10-15

 Cause:

To use for mail purposes

 Catalogue Number:

D1912/1-12

 Denomination:

2 Satang; 3 Satang; 6 Satang; 12 Satang; 14 Satang; 28 Satang; 1 Baht; 2 Baht; 3 Baht; 5 Baht; 10 Baht; 20 Baht

 Unused Value:

55 Baht; 55 Baht; 110 Baht; 110 Baht; 110 Baht; 550 Baht; 660 Baht; 990 Baht; 1,210 Baht; 1,650 Baht; 12,100 Baht; 15,400 Baht

 Complete Set: 

33,000 Baht (unused), 4,950 Baht (used)

 Thailex Collection:

n/a

 Size:

21 x 17 mm for designs 1-6; and 42 x 28 mm for designs 7-12

 Quantity of Stamps:

5,000,000 pieces each for the designs 1 to 4; 3,100,000 pieces for design 5; 2,100,000 pieces for design 6; 550,000 pieces for design 7; 320,000 pieces for design 8; 300,000 pieces for design 9; 100,000 pieces for design 10; and 10,000 pieces each for the designs 11 and 12.

 Printer:

The Imperial Royal Court and State Printing Works, Vienna, Austria

 Subject:

King Wachirawut, facial portrait for postage stamps with denominations in Satang and portrait with torso for stamps with denominations in Baht: 2 Satang - brown orange; 3 Satang - yellow green; 6 Satang - carmine rose; 12 Satang - gray black and brown; 14 Satang - ultramarine; 28 Satang - chocolate; 1 Baht - blue and black; 2 Baht - carmine rose and olive brown; 3 Baht - yellow green and blue black; 5 Baht - violet and black; 10 Baht - olive green and violet brown; 20 Baht - slate blue and red brown.

 Related Link:

Rama VI, Wachirawut, Siam, Satang, Baht, Bangkok 1993 World Philatelic Exhibition - 2nd Series, Thaipex '73 - Stamp on Stamp, King Rama VI - 1st Series - Provisional Issue, King Rama VI - 2nd Series - London (1916)