King's Monogram Essay -Agriculture Tax 1st Issue (RED on BEIGE) (MH/MLH)

MiNo.LOCAL-KME-REDSiam
StTpr.; B = imperforate
Single Stamp, date of issue: 1877
Picture descriptions:
King´s Monogram
Red on Beige
Quantity: unknown
Designer: unknown
Printer: unknown
Conservation status:
Hereas a "MINT HINGED (MH)"imperforate single stamp with hinge and/or hinge rests, gummed
Issue Notice:


Stamp issues having a limited area of service and for the most part not generally available to the public are known from Siam.
In most cases, with the exception of the British Post Office in Bangkok, it should be remembered that little exact knowledge exists.
What follows is meant to be a starting point for further reasearch.
Two items occasionally offered as local stamps.
The first is rather an essay for a revenue issue and the second is probably an essay for a regular stamp issue.
Different colors are known from the "King's Monogram Essay" stamp (red, green, grey, purple, dark red etc.) which probably corresponded to different tax rates
ISSUES UP TO APPROX. 1950:
(MH/MLH) / (*) - Mint / unused with hinges, hinge remains, incomplete gum, tropical gum etc.
(MNH) / (**) - Mint never hinged and/or without hinge remnants, complete gum as issued, possibly darkened.