Thai Definitive Stamps - 6th Series - The Garuda Series
Set of 6 stamps. Printed by Giesecke and Devrient, Leipzig. May 5th, 1910 and June 5th,1910. No watermark. Comb perf. 14 x 14½. Stamp size: 23 x 30 mm.
Profile portrait of King Chulalongkorn with Garuda below. Engraved and printed by Messrs. Giesecke and Devrient, Leipzig. Perforated 14 by 14½, unwatermarked. This was the last issue of King Chulalongkorn who died October 23, 1910. This set of stamps is valued in satang. After that the government changed the monetary system from 64 Atts to 1 Baht with 1 Baht equal to 100 satang.
6th Series Surcharges
Set of 3 stamps. Issued from 1917 to 1930. No watermark. Comb perforation 14 x 14½. Stamp size: 23 x 30 mm.
Provisional Issue of October, 1917
Stamp No.183
The 1910 issue of the 14 satangs in Prussian blue surcharged “2 Satang” in Thai and English. Lithographed by K. Oyama Printing and Co., Bangkok. The total number surcharged was 600,000.
Provisional Issue of June 1st, 1930
Stamps No.276 and No.277
The 1910 issue 12 satang surcharged “10 Satang” and the 28 satang surcharged “25 Satang” in Thai and English. Lithographed by K. Oyama Printing and Co., Bangkok. The total number surcharged is unknown.
Stamp No.183
The 1910 issue of the 14 satangs in Prussian blue surcharged “2 Satang” in Thai and English. Lithographed by K. Oyama Printing and Co., Bangkok. The total number surcharged was 600,000.
Provisional Issue of June 1st, 1930
Stamps No.276 and No.277
The 1910 issue 12 satang surcharged “10 Satang” and the 28 satang surcharged “25 Satang” in Thai and English. Lithographed by K. Oyama Printing and Co., Bangkok. The total number surcharged is unknown.
Errors and Constant Varieties
149
imperf vertical pair
perforated left side
150
only margin imperforate
183
Pair, one without a surcharge
276
inverted surcharge
Surcharge both sides
imperf vertical pair
perforated left side
150
only margin imperforate
183
Pair, one without a surcharge
276
inverted surcharge
Surcharge both sides