Austria - Thailand JOINT Issue

" 115th ANNIVERSARY MEETING OF EMPEROR FRANZ JOSEPH I ~ KING RAMA V."

MNH ~ Miniature Sheet !

This souvenir sheet is a philatelic premiere because he is the first joint issue between Austria and the Kingdom of Thailand. Discussed therein is the 115th Anniversary of the historic meeting of Emperor Franz Joseph I. with the Thai King Chulalongkorn the Great, Rama V, the 11th of November 1868 to 23 October

1910 was at the head of his country.

Personal: As the eldest son of the late King of malaria Mongkut, Rama IV, Chulalongkorn was crowned at the age of only 15 years. In the 100-year celebration of the anniversary of the ruling family of the Chakri Dynasty in 1882, just 14 years so after the death of his father, five major accomplishments of King Chulalongkorn of Thailand has been said before, the equality of certain categories of slaves, the abolition of prostration before the king, to the guarantee of government officers, the king in writing may send their opinions. improving relations with other countries, and finally the expansion of the Wat Phra Kaeo, the temple in the royal palace in Bangkok.

Moreover, the young king had then initiated an education reform, support the creation of new rice fields and the economy stimulated by digging new channels.Early on, Chulalongkorn interested in the situation abroad. As the first Thai king, he established close contacts with European royalty, including to Emperor Franz Joseph. Two trips in 1897 and 1907 led Chulalongkorn to Europe - and just to those in 1897, when there was a solemn meeting with the Austrian emperor, now remembers the new stamp block. At this historic meeting, presented King Chulalongkorn, Rama V, Emperor Franz Josef in a court table at Schönbrunn Palace a sword as a gift of honor.

The Emperor gave to the king, in return, his photography in a valuable framework, in addition, he had to send him a Lipizzaner white stallion named "Siglavy Batavia", who arrived in January 1898 and safely in Bangkok. The pictured on the stamp block trident was yet a few years before the royal tour of Europe in the possession of the Austrian imperial family.

As a reminder and as a reward for sending a box with photographs of art and craft items, which had been recorded at the Vienna World Exhibition in 1873, King Chulalongkorn make a royal trident of Emperor Franz Josef and transmit through the consuls to Austria. The appropriate cover letter is the way the Austrian State Archives and is dated 15th Mai 1878^th.

Year: 2012