Suradit Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Some postcards from 1904-1921, the first showing Charoen Krung Rd in 1904 and the last showing both sides of a club announcement sent locally in 1904. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suradit Posted January 27, 2011 Author Share Posted January 27, 2011 More postcards ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siamdivers Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 (edited) Nice cards, can you let me know where you found them? Siam Society or? I would love to see more if you have them. Thanks, John Edited February 3, 2011 by Lite Beer E Mail removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mystwoodcol Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Fantastic step back in time, would love to see any more if you have them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penguinchris Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Fantastic, must have been amazing for a foreigner to visit back then - not that it isn't now, but a lot of things have changed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suradit Posted February 6, 2011 Author Share Posted February 6, 2011 King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) and family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suradit Posted February 6, 2011 Author Share Posted February 6, 2011 (edited) Nice cards, can you let me know where you found them? Siam Society or? I would love to see more if you have them. Thanks, John My interest is in postal history, so the Krung Thep Rifle Club card is in my collection. The other items are just things I've run across while searching for Rama V material. There are a number of shops that deal in stamps and postal history, which would include picture postcards, in the immediate vicinity of the GPO on Charoen Krung Rd. Additionally there is a weekend bourse: Location: In front of the General Post Office, 1160 Charoen Krung Road Hours: Sat-Sun only 0900-1700. Some dealers start leaving around 3:00PM. Almost 20 stamp dealers operate from an open-sided tent erected in the parking lot in front of the GPO on New Road every weekend. Sales start at 0900 or earlier but many of the dealers don't arrive until near noon. Each dealer has his material spread out on a table and there are usually plenty of chairs so you can sit down and go through their stock books and boxes of covers and souvenir sheets. For those who like classical Thai stamps and postal history, pay a visit to Kitti Damrongvadhana, who has a large and interesting stock together with a vast knowledge of the subject. He also speaks excellent English, German and French. I think there are also dealers at Chatuchak Market, but have no first-hand knowledge of those. And there are dealers such as Canadian Geoffrey Flack who is a part-time resident of Thailand: http://www.tibetanpo...ubsection&id=53 And of course, you can also run a few searches on Ebay. Edited February 6, 2011 by Suradit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suradit Posted February 6, 2011 Author Share Posted February 6, 2011 The King and Queen, Railway Station, Saphan Hang, Grand Palace, another shot of Charoen Krung Rd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernMan3 Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 VERY cool ! Thank you very much. These are awesome ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treebeard Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 Thanks, for the great pictures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel9 Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 wow very nice is very bad how our world is evolute and make all around dirty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suradit Posted March 20, 2011 Author Share Posted March 20, 2011 Petchaburi 1910, Pukao Thong, Dusit Park Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suradit Posted March 20, 2011 Author Share Posted March 20, 2011 King Rama V, King Rama VII, Mourning King Rama VI, 1927 Coronation, King Rama VI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPI Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Wow! Fantastic photos, more please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suradit Posted April 10, 2011 Author Share Posted April 10, 2011 An 1893 invitation for an "at home" in Penang sent to someone in Phuket (with insufficient postage). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunFred Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 I am really impressed with this collection. I haven't seen nearly enough Thai historical photos. Very interesting and very welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suradit Posted May 16, 2011 Author Share Posted May 16, 2011 (edited) 1907 Shipping on the Menam (Chayo Phraya) "On many old European maps, the river is named Menam or Mae Nam (Thai: แม่น้ำ), Thai for "river". Englishman H. Warrington Smyth, who served as Director of the Department of Mines in Siam from 1891-1896, refers to it in his book first published in 1898 as "the Me Nam Chao Phraya." Korat justice in action: I'm not sure what "The Governor of Korat and suit..." means. Edited May 16, 2011 by Suradit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suradit Posted May 18, 2011 Author Share Posted May 18, 2011 Song Wat Rd circa 1919 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izdubar Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 More postcards ... Very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunkin2012 Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 The King and Queen, Railway Station, Saphan Hang, Grand Palace, another shot of Charoen Krung Rd. wow.............. awesome thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suradit Posted May 28, 2011 Author Share Posted May 28, 2011 This is a photo of King Mongkut, Rama IV standing on the raised platform. He was born in 1804 and the stamp used to post the card was issued in 2004, but apparently the photo is of the King whose reign began in 1851. The Thais shown toward the front left are certainly positioned as one would expect them to be in the presence of the king. He appears to be surrounded by quite a few foreigners, some of whom are in military uniform complete with (ceremonial?) swords. Not sure who they would be or where the photo was taken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvoonVoonVoon Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 this is really nice ka!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xangsamhua Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 this is really nice ka!!!! Very good photos. Much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maidu Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 nice postcards, thanks. a pity someone put a contemporary stamp on an old collectible postcard. I too collect stamps - worldwide pre-wwII with several dozen 19th century stamps and so-called 'dead countries' (changed names / borders). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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