150th Anniversary of Ranong

150 ปี เมืองระนอง

2012/2555-07-21

To commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Establishment Day of Ranong, which on 21st July 1862 was designated as a level 4 city, independent from Chumphon and placed under the direct administration of Bangkok by King Rama IV.

2012/64

3 Baht

5 Baht

1 Baht

Unused stamp

30 x 48 mm

700,000 pieces

Thai British Security Printing Public Company Limited, Thailand

Picture of Ranong's Cradle Sculpture, that displays three quarry-workers mining for tin and from which the name Ranong derives, i.e. ‘rae’ or mineral (tin) and ‘Nong’, the name of the city's first ruler Nai Nong. In the background of the sculpture is Rattanarangsan Royal Hall, which was built by, and named after, Phraya Rattana Setthi, a local noble merchant who commissioned its construction and presented it to King Rama V as an overnight pavilion when the king visited Ranong in April 1890, followed by King Rama VI in 1909 and King Rama VII in 1928. In 2002, the teakwood palace was dismantled and taken from it original place, i.e. Niwet Khiri Mountain, later also referred to as Rattanarangsan Mountain, and was rebuilt at its foothills. It now serves as the local town hall and has a museum on the history of the former palace.

Ranong, dihbook, Phraya, Rattana, Mongkut, Rama IV, Chulalongkorn, Rama V, Chumphon, Rama VI, Rama VII, teakwood