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SIAM / THAILAND / ราชอาณาจักรไทย

The name of Siam was changed to Thailand in 1939 but since this was accompanied by no other significant changes,
such as boundaries, they have been taken together and listed as one country. The red seals of Thailand appear quite often on internet auctions,
usually mint, but one appeared recently used as a seal on a telegram.

Updates. The above was written by Steve Hiscocks.
The name also reverted to Siam during 1945-49.
Re-numbered with 'RH' (Revised Hiscocks) numbers.
No pricing as yet.

According to wikipedia.org The Thai solar calendar was adopted by King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) in AD 1888 as the Siamese version of the Gregorian calendar.
Years are now counted in the Buddhist Era (BE) which began 543 years before the Christian Era. Thus you need to subtract 543 years from Thai dates.

 

Thai-arms Thai-telegraphs Thai-Army
1873-1910 1910 onwards Army logo

 

Seals-pg-49aa Seals-pg-49ab
#1 34mm #2

The Royal coat of arms shown on these was created in 1873 and discontinued in 1910.

 

RH # Type. was. Description Mint Used On telegram
RH1 1 1 Scalloped. Oval. Embossed White/red / white. 'Siamese'. - - -
RH2 2 2 Scalloped. Circular. Embossed White/red / white. 'Siamese'. - - -

 

 

Top says: กรมไปรษณีย์โทรเลข   (Post and Telegraph Department)
Left panel says ตราผนึก / ไปรษณีย่ = "seals / post office" - note accent on last character.

Seals-pg-49ba Seals-pg-50ab
#3 41mm   (left panel says ตราผนึก / ไปรษณีย่) #4 1941 ?

 

Seals-pg-49bb
#5 1984, 44mm   I have seen one used postally on an airmail envelope dated 2527 (1984)

Type #5 has the ink suffused through to the back.

 

RH # Type. was Description Mint Used On telegram
RH3 3 3 Imperf. Red / white. Raised wings. Narrow margins, R.S. (Royal Siamese ?) Post & Telegraph. - - -
RH4 4 6 Rough perf. Red / white. Wings horizontal. Narrow margin. - - -
RH5 5 4 1984, Rough perf. 11¼. Red (shades) on white. Wide margins. Raised wings. Post & Telegraph Department. - - -

Hiscocks added the following note:

Note. The printing of #3 can be very poor indeed; so much so that two copies can appear at first sight to
                be from different plates when closer examination shows them to have been from the same plate.

My note: The difference between 'Wings up' and 'Wings horizontal' does not seem to be a matter of time period.
From what I can glean, 'wings up' indicates a close connection to Royalty, whereas 'Wings horizontal' indicates more like 'by Royal assent'.

 

 

Changed from: กรมไปรษณีย์โทรเลข   (Post and Telegraph Department)
    to: กรมไปรสนึยโทรเลข   (Department of telegraphy - note 2 central letters).
Left panel says ตราผนึก / ไปรสนึย = "seals / post office" (bottom changed.) - no accent on last character.

Seals-pg-6 Seals-pg-50aa
#6 43mm   (left panel says ตราผนึก / ไปรสนึย, bottom changed) #6a 42mm  

Type #6a has the ink suffused through to the back.

The non-Royal Post & Telegraph of Thailand was set up in 1932.

RH # Type. was Description Mint Used On telegram
RH6 6 5 Rough perf. 11. Rose-carmine / white. Wings horizontal. Wide margin. - - -
RH6a             Red / white. - - -

 

 

Primitive seal   Primitive seal
#7   โทรเลชสยาม = Siamese Telegraph,   "(ห. ๑๓"    (N. 13.... at top-right

 

RH # Type. was Description Mint Used On telegram
RH7 7 - 1930? Imperf. Black on greenish grey. - - -

This last is the only one I have seen on a telegram.
The telegram was printed in yellow and was inscribed 'Royal Siamese Telegraphs' in English and Thai.
There were two places for a date (marked in English and Thai), both said 19/2 but without a year.
The text reads 'Siam Telegraph' with the word 'Royal' in English above the Coat of Arms.
The telegram was sent from Penang and referred to a sum of 30,000 Ticals. Ticals were re-named to Baht in 1912.
Thai bank notes gave the denomination in Ticals up to 1925, but English speakers continued to call them ticals for some time after.
The yellow colour is presumably intended to resemble gold, but is not easy to read.

 

Thai-Army
#8 (ราชการ กองทัพบก = Government forces)

I am not sure if this is a seal for telegrams. Printed in imperforate sheets of 10.
In the centre is the Army logo containing ลบ (Delete)

 

RH # Type. was Description Mint Used On telegram
RH8 8 - Imperf. Red on white. - - -
Undated telegram
An undated telegram form from eBay. Unfortunately I do not know who to attribute to.
If you, then please get in touch.

 

If anyone can provide scans to help with this, I am happy to give appropriate credit.

 

 

Comments, criticisms, information or suggestions are always welcome.

Emale

Please include the word 'Precancels' in the subject.

 

Last updated 12th. September 2024

©Copyright Notice: This work was originally started by Steve Hiscocks and being continued by myself (Steve Panting).
For simplicity, my additions are under the same conditions as the original work by Steve Hiscocks.

 

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