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The Journal of the Royal Institute of Thailand Vol. 30 No. 3 Jul.-Sep. 2005 700 · µ¡ªá π— °‡¢’ ¬π‰∑¬ Abstract Postage Stamps of Thai Novelists Ruenruthai Sujjapun Associate Fellow of the Academy of Arts, The Royal Institute, Thailand Thailand Post Co., Ltd. has printed many postage stamps of high important people of Thailand many times. Those outstanding people created many kinds of works including literary works such as King Rama II, King Rama VI, Somdej Krom Phra Poramanuchitchinoros and Sunthorn Phu. In the year 2005, Thailand Post Co., Ltd. prints postage stamps of Thai novelists on the occasion of the centenary of modern Thai writers whose pen names are Momchao Agasdamkoeng, Dok Mai Sot, Sriburapha and Mai Mueng Doem. On each postage stamp is the portrait of the novelist and the cover page of his/her most famous novel. Those 4 novelists are the ones who begin writing Thai novels in the early period of Thai contemporary literature which has influences to the present time. Key words : postage stamps, the centenary of modern Thai writers