Sunday Stamps II A-Z 'V' - Vietnam and ...

At this time of year people have set new resolutions. At the end of 1962 the country of Vietnam had just started its First 5 Year Plan.

Vietnam 31 December 1962

But my favourite Vietnamese stamp is from 1961 - 

Vietnam - Sun Bear

As bears like honey I wonder whether they would like these from a country that used to be Upper Volta.

Burkina Faso - Honey Fungus 8 March 1961

For other views of V cross over to the links at Sunday-Stamps-II-160. where you will begin again in Vietnam.

Flowers - Sunday Stamps II

Three countries this week, all a long way from the UK although I recognise some of the flowers.

New Zealand - 1960/1963

The manuka or the tea tree is a plant in the myrtle family.

A flower from Vietnam is more familiar to me, by name at least..

Vietnam - Chrysanthemum

So far I have been unable to find its date of issue.

In the USA the XIth International Botanical Congress was commemorated on 23 August 1969 with this set of four.

USA

The stamps depict:

• The Lady's Slipper Orchid
• Douglas Fir
• Franklin Tree - native to Alatamaha River in Georgia
• Ocotillo - which apparently is not a true cactus.

To see other flowers selected this week just follow the links at Sunday-Stamps-II-74.

Farms and Farm Animals - Sunday Stamps

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.

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.

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.

India - Plucking Tea

There is a lot of hard work in progress on this farming stamp from Vietnam.

Vietnam

North Borneo became a Crown Colony in 1946; now a State in Malaysia it changed its name to Sabah in 1964.

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.

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.

Sunday Stamps on mainland Asia

I had quite a lot to choose from for this week's Asian theme but settled for stamps from just two countries.

I imagine we all know something about the first country - but I have no information on the stamps.

Vietnam

 

I've shown a flower stamp from this country before.

Mongolia

 

Four of these show animals native to the country and the fourth commemorates the 1960 Rome Olympics.

For other Asian stamps please check out Viridian's sunday stamps 40