For your consideration is an original 23 May 1968 royal approval memorandum from Klai Kangwon Palace, personally signed by King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) of Thailand. The document is issued on formal palace stationery bearing a gilt royal Thai emblem and records a financial-property matter administered through the Privy Purse Bureau. The text refers to an earlier memorandum of 7 May 1968 concerning Mrs. Phanthip Phongsin, who petitioned to mortgage land in the Samsen Nai/Dusit area of Bangkok under title deed no. 10580, comprising approximately 109 square wah, or about 436 square metres, for a loan of 60,000 baht.

The Privy Purse Administrative Committee had reviewed the application and recommended accepting the land as security. The funds were to be advanced from the account of Wat Benchamabophit, one of the major royal temples whose property and financial affairs were historically administered through the Privy Purse system, with the mortgage carrying interest at 15 percent per annum. The concluding request seeks royal permission to release the funds and proceed with the transaction. Immediately thereafter appears the operative word Approved, followed by the Kings bold manuscript signature, confirming his direct authorization of the proposal.

In translation, the substance reads: Mrs. Phanthip Phongsin has submitted a petition to the Privy Purse Bureau proposing to mortgage her ownership of land under title deed no. 10580, situated in Samsen Nai, Dusit District, Bangkok, comprising approximately 109 square wah, for the sum of 60,000 baht. The Privy Purse Administrative Committee considers it appropriate to accept the mortgage for the amount proposed, with funds to be paid from the Wat Benchamabophit account and the mortgage to bear interest at 15 percent per annum. Permission is therefore requested to disburse the funds in order to proceed. The Kings written response is simply and decisively: Approved.

The document survives in very good original condition, with light age toning, a small marginal puncture, and an essentially blank verso apart from a minor notation. As a directly signed royal financial authorization from Rama IX, it offers an unusually revealing view of the internal operation of the Thai monarchy beyond ceremonial affairs, documenting the Kings role in the administration of royal-household and royal-temple assets through the Privy Purse Bureau. It is a particularly strong artifact of mid-20th-century Thai royal administration, combining a precisely dated palace origin, a detailed secured mortgage transaction, and the personal autograph approval of one of Thailands most important modern monarchs.