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			Centennial Anniversary of the Siriraj School of Nursing and 
			Midwifery
			(1996) 
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					| Issue 
					Name: | 
					Centennial Anniversary of the 
					Siriraj School of Nursing and Midwifery |  
					| Thai 
					
					Issue 
					Name: | 
					100 ปี 
					โรงเรียนพยาบาลผดุงครรภ์และอนามัยศิริราช |  
					| Issue Date: | 
					1996/2539-01-12 |  
					| Cause: | 
					To commemorate the Centennial 
					Anniversary of the Siriraj School of Nursing and Midwifery, 
					which was founded on 12 January 1896 by Queen 
					
					
					
					Saowapha
					
					and 
					named after her son Prince 
			      
					
					Siriraj 
            Kakuthaphan, who had 
					died of 
					dysentery in 1887. |  
					| Catalogue Number: | 
					1996/1 |  
					| Denomination: | 
					2 Baht |  
					| Unused Value: | 
					16 Baht |  
					| Used Value: | 
					6 Baht |  
					| Thailex Collection: | 
					Unused stamp |  
					| Size: | 
					45 x 27 mm |  
					| Quantity 
					of Stamps: | 
					2,000,000 pieces |  
					| Printer: | 
					
					Thai 
					
					
					British Security 
					Printing Public Company Limited, Thailand |  
					| Subject: | 
	Portrait of 
	
	
	Sri Phatcharinthra, 
	also known as 
	
	Queen 
	
	
	
	Saowapha 
	
	Phongsri, 
	the Queen Mother of Thailand, a wife 
	of 
	King
	
	
	Rama V, 
	who founded the first Thai nursing school. In the front is a female nurse on 
	duty and in the background is the first school building of the 
	
					Siriraj School of Nursing and 
	Midwifery, which was referred to as Ahkahn Raja Phaetyalai 
	(อาคารราชแพทยาลัย), i.e. ‘Royal Medical College Building’. |  
					| Related Link: | 
			
			
			Sri Phatcharinthra,
			
			
			
			
			Saowapha,
			
			
			
			
			Rama V, 
			
			      
					
					Siriraj 
            Kakuthaphan |      
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