Thailand Stamps 2016: Chulalongkorn University Centenary

Chulalongkorn University Centennial

On the occasion of Chulalongkorn University Centennial, the first higher education institutions of Thailand, this commemorative issue illustrate a drawing of Chulalongkorn University Auditorium by Niti Satapitanon, the national artist for architecture of Thailand in 2002. This auditorium is the important identity of the university and won the award of Architectural Preservation Award in 2002 from the Association of Siamese Architects under the Royal Patronage of His Majesty the King. The stamp is in pink colour, the official colour of the university, and violet blue at the bottom which is the colour of King Rama V and King Rama VI, respectively. Chulalongkorn University was initially founded as Civil service College. Later, Kin Vajiravudh (rama VI) renamed and upgrated it to Chulalongkorn University on March 26, 1917 as a memorial of his father, King Chulalongkorn (RamaV), with first four faculties:

1. Faculty of Medicine
2. Faculty of Public Administration
3. Faculty of Engineering 
4. Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Date of Issue: 26 March 2016 
Denonmination: 3,00 Baht
Quantity: 500,000 pieces
Size: 51 x 36 mm (Horizontal)   
Printer: 
Printing Process: Lithography
Colour: Multi-colour
Sheet Composition: 10 stamps per sheet
First Day Cover: 11,00 Baht
Designer: Mrs. Parichart Thatsanatheb (Thailand Post Company Limited)