Farming/Agriculture On Stamps

Brazil
International Year of Family Farming
June 3, 2014
The FAO International Year of Family Farming (IYFF) aims to emphasize the significant role of family farming in eradicating hunger and poverty, managing natural resources, protecting the environment, and achieving sustainable development, in particular in rural areas.

Brazil
The 3rd Anniversary of the National Wheat Festival, Erechim
November 29, 1953
The design depicts wheat farming.

Oman
Agricultural Census
July 18, 2005
The se-tenant pair depicts agriculture and farming themes.

Bangladesh
Floating Agriculture and Floating Market
June 15, 2017
The stamp set depicts the usage of waterways for crop growth and distribution.

Algeria
Agriculture
December 22, 1988
The stamp set depicts irrigation and harvest.

@ T.J. the original poster of this thread (7 years ago)....

If you have access to an electronic 2009 Scott's catalog, you can search through the catalog for various terms to find stamps you want. I would think "crop" would be a good start and perhaps "agriculture."

Just type CTRL-F when in the catalog and enter the search term you want.

Algeria
Cereals
September 29, 2012
The stamp set shows Bousselam, Mohamed Ben Bachir, and Hedba 03 cereal.

Faroe Islands
Everyday life in the Viking Age
February 7, 2005
The minisheet depicts farming in a seaside village.
(Engraver: Martin Mörck)

"Breaking Cocoa Pods," engraved and printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co., Ltd., and issued for use in Gold Coast (now Ghana) on March 1, 1954, Scott No. 156, plus a link to a YouTube video recorded in 2012 about harvesting and breaking cocoa pods in Ghana.

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Here is an image of a engraved stamp depicting a farmer plowing with oxen near Senafe, a market town in southern Eritrea, and issued for use in the Italian colony of Eritrea in 1914, Scott No. 50.

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"Tea," printed by lithography, and issued by Zambia on October 10, 1988 as one of a set of four stamps publicizing the Preferential Trade Area for Eastern and Southern African States (PTA) Trade Fair, Scott No. 446.

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Farmer digging with a spade and a cornucopia of produce, designed by Jacques Rajoharivelo Solo, printed by photogravure (Delrieu), and issued by Malagasy Republic (Madagascar) on February 6, 1973 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the FAO's Freedom From Hunger Campaign, Scott No. 480.

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Here are images of the four stamps in a set depicting farmers working with oxen, designed and engraved (except as noted) by French artist Jean Pheulpin (1907-1991), and issued by Central African Republic on April 28, 1965, Scott Nos. 41-44.

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Putting yoke on oxen.


Ox pulling a harrow, engraved by Jean Miermont (1915-1973).


Plowing with a team of oxen, engraved by Roger Fenneteaux (1913-2000).


Oxen-drawn hay wagon.

Farm Animals.
Set of 4 stamps, Bulgaria 1955.

Michel #935-38 / Yvert #806-09

Ecuador
International Year of Family Farming
August 7, 2014
The stamp set depicts Banana Farmer and Cocoa harvest.