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A crowing rooster is featured on the 2.60 kroner value (Facit #1061) of Norway's June 7, 1989 set of two stamps issued to commemorate the 250th anniversary of primary schools in the country.  |
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a small flock: This is a rerun but was not identified when first posted. It is Scott US RO80d  Scott US RO2a  Scott US RO47d  |
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The U.K.'s November 23, 1977 Christmas set of 6 illustratesThe Twelve Days of Christmas. This 7 p stamp (SG #1044) from the set shows "three French hens."  |
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This 20 + 10 (pf) value (Mi #349) from Berlin's October 2, 1969 "Tin Toys" semi-postal charity set of four shows a sheet metal construction of a farm woman feeding a chicken.  |
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Malaysia Malaysian Bantams August 1, 2001 The minisheet features junglefowl ( Gallus gallus).  |
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On October 3, 1967 Germany issued a set of four semi-postal charity stamps featuring scenes from the Brothers Grimm fairytale Frau Holle. The two high values (Mi #s 540-1) of this set, shown here, feature a rooster. From wikipedia, "The tale was published by the Brothers Grimm in the first edition of Kinder- und Hausmaerchen Eng.: Children's and House Fairytales, published in 1812...Some details were added in the second edition (1819), most notably rooster's greetings."  |
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This 12c +9c value (Sc #B371) of the Netherlands is from the November 16, 1962 Child Welfare set of five. A girl feeding chickens is shown.  |
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On December 25, 1951 Japan issued this 5 yen stamp (Sc #513) as a part of its 1950-1 "Flora, Fauna and National Treasures" definitive series. Stamp depicts a long-tailed cock of Tosa, or Onagadori. From wikipedia, "It was bred in the 17th century in Kochi Prefecture, on Shikoku Island in southern Japan, and was designated a Japanese National Natural Treasure in 1952."   |
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This August 6, 1983 value (Mi #2821) of the DDR is from a set of five, 50 pf "city arms" stamps. Stamp depicts the arms of Frankfurt a. d. Oder, Brandenburg. From heraldry-wiki.com, "the meaning or origin of the rooster is not clear, it may be simply a symbol of watchfulness...The whole composition already appears on the oldest known seal of the city, dating from 1294."  |
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Belgium Nature in the Belgian Tricolor August 30, 2021 Set of five, one stamp depicts a rooster.  |
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On November 9, 1993 Japan issued this 62 yen stamp (Sc #2217) depicting Kazan Watanabe as a part of its Men of Culture series, and commemorating his birth bicentenary. Watanabe (1793-1841) was a painter, scholar and statesman member of the samurai class. Stamp depicts a self-portrait and a detail from Watanabe's hanging scroll Chickens and Flowers.   |
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