Monday, December 18, 2023

Thailand Post International Rice Year 1966

THAILAND POST on 25 November 1966 issued two First Day Cover stamps dedicated to the International Rice Year 1966. Shown here is one of the stamps that featured a lovely Rice Goddess protecting a field of growing grain and holding a stalk, flag leaves and gracefully drooping panicle of ripe rice. The cachet depicts field workers doing the hard work by hand while another rides a water buffalo in rice paddy transplanting seedlings  all except the sky is hand-painted. Postmark cancellation originated from Bangkok. Designer was Post and Telegraph Department Printer was The Government Printing Bureau, Ministry of Finance, Japan.
 

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