Thailand Stamps 2016: Zodiac Stamp Issue (The Mischievous Monkey)

The Mischievous Monkey
Zodia issue this year celebaes the coming of Year of the Monkey. The second issue, after the Year of the Goat, illustrates the Mischievous Monkey and cheerful monkey hanging on a tree branch while holding a banana in another hand: which is one of the drawing by Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn's twelve zodiac drawing sets under royal permission to be painted for 12 consecutive years. It is believed that the monkey's characteristic also somewhat resembles and has bought to describe the personality of monkey-zodiac people, "brave, fair, respectable, generous, bright, sagacious, friendly, imaginative and cheerful".



Date of Issue: 1. January 2016
Denonmination: 3,00 Baht
Quantity: 1,000,000 pieces
Size: 30 x 40,5 mm (Vertical)
Printer: Thai British Security Printing Public Company Limited, Thailand
Printing Process: Lithography
Colour: Multi-colour
Sheet Composition: 10 stamps per sheet
First Day Cover: 11,00 Baht
Designer: Mr. Udorn Niyomthum (Thailand Post Company Limited)