June 26th, 2008 Posted in Asia, Classic Stamps, First Issues, Printers, Printing Processes, Siam, Stamp Profiles, Thailand, Waterlow
Thailand’s first postage stamps appeared in August 1883, Waterlow and Sons recess-printing printing different designs and using different colours to denote the values: solot (½ att), att, sio (2 atts), sik (4 atts) and salung (6 atts).
The stamps portrayed King Chulalongkorn, the king of The King and I.
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