1974, Coronation of King Jigme Singye Wangchuck and Royal Crest 2 Nu Bhutan

1974, Coronation of King  Jigme Singye Wangchuck

Coronation of Jigme Singye Wangchuck King and Royal Crest 2 Nu Bhutan 1974

Text: 1974, Coronation of King  Jigme Singye Wangchuck  2 Nu Bhutan
Condition: Ø = used/cancelled

Title:   Coronation King Jigme Singye Wangchuck

Face value:     2 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.