1974, Coronation of King Jigme Singye Wangchuck |
Coronation of Jigme Singye Wangchuck King and Royal Crest 3 Nu Bhutan 1974
Text: 1974, Coronation of King Jigme Singye Wangchuck 3 Nu Bhutan
Condition: Ø = used/cancelled
Title: Coronation
King Jigme Singye Wangchuck
Face value: 3 NU
Country/area: Bhutan
Year: 1974
Set: 1974
Kroning koning J.S.Wangchuk (BHU)
Stamp number in set: 1
Basic colour: Multi-coloured
Perforation: K 14 : 13¾
Watermark: Without watermark
Usage:
Franking
Type: Stamp
Theme: Koningshuis
Person themes: Jigme Singye Wangchuk of Bhutan (1955)
Luminescence: None
Printing: Offset
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Jigme Singye Wangchuck (born 11 November
1955) is the former King of Bhutan. He was the fourth Dragon King (Druk Gyalpo)
of Bhutan from 1972 until his abdication in favour of his eldest son, Jigme
Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, in 2006. He is credited with many modern reforms in
the country.
Early life
He acceded to the throne at the age of
seventeen, in 1972, after the sudden death of his father, Jigme Dorji
Wangchuck. When he was formally crowned on 2 June 1974, he was the youngest
monarch in the world at eighteen years of age, and the coronation was notable
for the presence of foreign dignitaries, thus signalling the end of the long
isolation of the country. He was educated in Bhutan,India and the United
Kingdom. He is not to be confused with his cousin who has a similar name; his
cousin attended Rice University in Houston, Texas.
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