Siam, 1883 (one solot)
A young king in profile in uniform, with numerals in the corners.
Illustration of a historical stamp for learning, shown at screen size. Not valid for postage.
How to read it
Thai script and Thai numerals ๑ in the corners, around King Chulalongkorn: Siam, today Thailand.
- 1โสฬส: solot
- 2๑: Thai one
- 3๑
- Inscription
- โสฬส · ๑ ๑ ๑ ๑
- Meaning
- โสฬส is solot, a small old Thai coin; ๑ is the Thai numeral one. No country name in Latin letters.
- Issued by
- Kingdom of Siam
- Today
- Thailand Flag of Thailand
- Year
- 1883. Issued 4 August 1883, Siam’s first stamps.
- Made by
- William Ridgeway (designer and engraver, died 1900)
One fact
Siam’s first stamps were engraved in London by William Ridgeway and show King Chulalongkorn (Rama V).
Source and public-domain rule
Creators died more than 70 years ago. Designed and engraved by William Ridgeway, who died in 1900. Copyright lasts for the life of the author plus 70 years, counted from 1 January of the year after death. Every named designer and engraver of the stamp died before 1 January 1956; any contributor who was never named counts as anonymous, whose term is 70 years from publication, and the stamp was published before 1956. Legal sources: Directive 2006/116/EC, Art. 1(1) life + 70 years; Art. 1(3) anonymous works 70 years from publication; Art. 7(1) comparison of terms for works from outside the EU; Art. 8 terms run from 1 January, Switzerland, Norway.
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