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Bang Khen Monument (1943)
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%20A.jpg "1943/3")
%20B.jpg "1943/4")
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Issue
Name: |
Bangkhen Monument |
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Thai Issue
Name: |
อนุสาวรีย์ปราบกบฏ |
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Issue Date: |
1943/2486-11-25
for design 1943/3 and 1943/2486-11-25
for design 1943/4 |
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Cause: |
To commemorate the 17 police and
soldiers, who lost their lives during the suppression of the
1933 Boworadet Rebellion,
known in Thai as Kabot Boworadet (กบฏบวรเดช), a failed coup d'état led by
royalist Prince Boworadet, which attempted to restore power
back to the King as the Head of the Country, following the 1932 revolution that
had led to
the nation's transition from an absolute monarchy to a
constitutional monarchy. |
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Catalogue Number: |
1943/3-4 |
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Denomination: |
0.02 Baht, 0.1 Baht |
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Unused Value: |
70 Baht, 70 Baht |
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Complete Set: |
140 Baht (unused), 100 Baht
(used) |
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Thailex Collection: |
n/a |
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Size: |
32 x 20 mm |
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Quantity
of Stamps: |
2,000,000 per design |
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Printer: |
The Royal Thai Survey
Department |
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Subject: |
The 5th Constitution
Monument, in Thai literally known as the Monument for the
Protection of the Constitution (อนุสาวรีย์พิทักษ์รัฐธรรมนูญ)
or
Anusawarih Prahb Kabot
(อนุสาวรีย์ปราบกบฏ),
i.e. Monument of the
Suppression of the Rebellion, and popularly referred to as Laksi
Monument (อนุสาวรีย์หลักสี่) or Bang Khen Monument (อนุสาวรีย์บางเขน),
after its location on the Laksi Roundabout in Bang Khen
District,
Bangkok. |
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Related Link: |
Anusawarih Prahb Kabot,
Royal Thai Survey Department,
Bangkok |
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