POSTAL STAMPS FOR SALE
EGYPT
1982
$28
THAILAND
1982
RATTANAKOSIN BICENTENNIAL
$85
Rattanakosin Kingdom or the Kingdom of Siam
was the fourth Thai Kingdom, and was centered
by King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke of the Chakri Dynasty.
The first half of this period was a time of consolidation
of the kingdom's power, and was punctuated by
The later period was one of engagement with
colonial powers of Britain and France, in which Siam managed
to be the only southeast Asian nation to escape
European colonialism.