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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