I occasionally hang on to damaged stamps and this week I am glad I do as I have two of them to share for this farming post.
My first stamp is from a series on horses but some of these were used for farming purposes.
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| Great Britain - Shire Horse |
That's a plough in the background so we know what this one was used for.
One of my damaged stamps shows Mechanical Farming.
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| Great Britain |
The horse depicted on this stamp issued for the Millennium could even be a Shire Horse. I am always on the lookout to obtain this undamaged.
I found a stamp from India showing tea plucking in progress. I guess you could call a tea plantation a farm.
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| India - Plucking Tea |
There is a lot of hard work in progress on this farming stamp from Vietnam.
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| Vietnam |
North Borneo became a Crown Colony in 1946; now a State in Malaysia it changed its name to Sabah in 1964.
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| North Borneo (Sabah) - Farm Cattle |
You might say that my last (damaged) stamp was not intended as a 'farming' stamp but I would say it depicts a farming activity from long ago.
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| Spain - 2000th Anniversary of the Foundation of Caceres |
Norba Caesarina was a Roman city in Spain. Caceres is close to the Spanish border with Portugal.
To see more farming stamps you need to trot over to Viridian's Sunday-stamps-163.
13 comments:
An interesting selection, I remember the shire horses (and have a cover somewhere), the next GB one I missed. This year's horse stamps were very nice, though I didn't buy them (as I have quite a number of stamps to use and don't seem to need them as often as I once did).
I had never seen any of the stamps you posted today. I'm amazed to see so many different styles about more or less the same theme. The millenium stamp seems a very modern design. Even damaged, I'd like to have this in my collection of cows!
Yes I hang on to damaged stamps too, in the hope that a perfect one will turn up. I love the bold image of the millennium stamp.
I like the perspective of the Millennium stamp and the synchronized walking of the cattle in the Spanish one!
Seeing tea pickers makes me appreciate my afternoon cup that much more.
I like the shire horse the best. I usually find only one stamp on a theme, maybe two! Here you have so many interesting stamps.
thank you for participating.
Hi Bob .. love the Shire horses .. my mother used to love the plough horses - so I looked out some information for her and even had a poster made .. gave her imagination somewhere to wander.
I went to see the British Museum horse exhibition fairly recently .. and really should write a post or two on them ..
Cheers - good to see these .. Hilary
First horse I ever rode was a shire horse. I say rode, I sat on the back. Lived on a lot of farms during the war years.
Excellent stamps, but I must stop my blog roll and get over to our Sepia Posts. But gee whiz, I keep seeing all these inviting posts waiting for a peek!
This is a lovely selection. I particularly like the tea picker.
Really in love with the two horse stamps.
I love those magnificent shire horses and that first stamp is wonderful.
I like the stamp from India. Very interesting.
Very interesting and beautiful stamps! Thank you for sharing!
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