Royal Navy -FDC(I)-IT-

MiNo.3448 - 3451 FDC(I)-I-Thailand
Odr. (2x5); perf. K 14 1/2:14, Large Format perf. K 13 1/4
FDC(I), Issue date: 11/20/2014
Picture descriptions:
eli) Frigate HTMS "Phutthavodfachulalok"
elk) Frigate HTMS "Phutthaloetlanaphalai"
ell) Destroyer HTMS "Pinklao"
elm) Aircraft carrier HTMS "Chakri Naruebet"
3448 5 B multicolored eli
3449 5 B multicolored elk
3450 5 B multicolored ell
3451 5 B multicolored elm
Printer: Thai British Security Printing
Designer: Mr. Udorn Niyomthum (Thailand Post)
Quantity FDC(I): 12,000 pieces
Conservation status:
Here as a FDC (Version I) with first day special postmark
Issue Notice:


H.T.M.S. Chakri Naruebet:

"In honour of the Chakri Dynasty" is the flagship of the Royal Thai Navy (RTN), and Thailand's first and only aircraft carrier. Based on the Spanish Navy's Principe de Asturias design and constructed by Spanish shipbuilder Bazán, Chakri Naruebet was ordered in 1992, launched in 1996, and commissioned into the RTN in 1997.
H.T.M.S. Phutthaloetlanaphalai:

was ex- USS.Ouellet (FF-1077) She was commissioned to the Royal Thai Navy on 27.11.1996, three year after retired from the USN. Her name was a name of the 2nd king of Chakri Dynasty, Kingdom of Thailand..
H.T.M.S. Phutthavodfachulalok:

FFG 461 is the former USS Truett (FF-1095), Knox-class frigate. The ship is named after the first king of the Chakri Dynasty, King Phutthayotfa Chulaok the Great. The Royal Thai Navy first leased the ship from the US Navy after she was decommissioned on July 30, 1994. The ship was eventually purchased on December 9, 1999.A Phutthayotfa Chulalok-class frigate, she has a sister ship, the HTMS Phutthaloetla Naphalai (FFG 462).
H.T.M.S. Pinklao:

was ex-USS Hemminger (DE-746), USN Cannon class destroyer escort. She was commissioned to the Royal Thai Navy on 31.08.1959. She have had a mid life upgrade program in 1965-66 at US naval base in Guam. By that time a hedgehog was removed while two triple Mk32 torpedoes were added and new electronic equipments were installed too. She now serves as a cadet training and gun saluting ship. Only two Cannon class escorts are in service in world navies, another one serve in the Philippines Navy.