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H.M. Queen Sirikit's 88th Birthday Anniversary (2020)

 

 

 Issue Name:

88th Birthday of H.M. Queen Sirikit

 Thai Issue Name:

88 พรรษา สมเด็จพระนางเจ้าสิริกิติ์ พระบรมราชินีนาถ

 Issue Date:

2020/2563-12-05

 Cause:

88th Birthday of H.M. Queen Sirikit of the Ninth Reign issued on the birthday of her late husband King Rama IX

 Catalogue Number:

2020/38

 Denomination:

9 Baht

 Unused Value:

9 Baht

 Used Value:

1 Baht

 Thailex Collection:

n/a

 Size:

51 x 36 mm

 Quantity of Stamps:

900,000 pieces

 Printer:

Thai British Security Printing Public Company Limited, Thailand

 Subject:

Royal Portrait of Queen Sirikit of the Ninth Reign. The queen, who has been a lifelong supporter and fervent propegator of Thai silk called Mai Thai, is wearing a dark  red pah sompak-like silk dress over a brown sarong and is portrayed against a pale blue background, the colour associated with her birthday, which corresponds to a Friday in the sih prajam wan-system. She is seated on the floor in the phab phiab pose, i.e. with the legs folded back to one side, and leans against a triangular  mon ing cushion. On her side are two yellow flowers, the colour associated with Monday, i.e. the birthday of her late husband King Rama IX. In the top right corner is the Queen's royal cipher, that consists of her initials underneath a chadah-style crown.

 Related Link:

Sirikit Kitthiyagon, Rama IX, chadah, mon khwahn, mon ing, phab phiab, silk, Mai Thai, pah sompak, sarong, sih prajam wan