THAILAND

THAILAND / ประเทศไทย.

50th anniversary of the Thai national flag, 1917-1967.
With a small simplified map of Thailand in Indochinese peninsula and flag.
First stamp in a set of 2, issued on 05.12.1967.
Face value: 50 Thai satang.
Printing: Photogravure.
Print: 5,000,000 copies.
Size: 30 x 48 mm.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 511.
- Scott No. 494.
- StampWorld No. 536.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 587.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 484.

The flag of the Kingdom of Thailand (Trairanga, ธง ไตรรงค์) shows five horizontal stripes in the colors red, white, blue, white and red, with the central blue stripe being twice as wide as each of the other four. The design, made by King Vajiravudh (Rama VI of Siam), was adopted on 28 September 1917, according to a royal decree. The colors are said to stand for nation-religion-king, an unofficial motto of Thailand, red for the land and people, white for religions and blue for the monarchy, the last having been the auspicious color of Rama VI. The colors of the flag were standardized in an announcement of the Office of the Prime Minister dated 30 September 2017, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of its adoption.