Farming/Agriculture On Stamps

Okra Winfrey?
I think she recently toured Australia
with members of her US audience.


22crows is my official researcher,
she comes up with just about anything on stamps you want.
The trick is to find the genus name for Okra
then use the text string with philately
That usually turns something up.
I'll give it a go.

Nope!
looks like you may have found something <not>
on stamps...no mean feat.

I tried ladies fingers, gumbo, and mallow..no luck

It may reside on a stamp mixed with outher Vegs
but not visually stimulating being all green,
Kermit would adore it.

Canada 5c Honey Bee definitive stamp now in use. I like the little bees around the edges. Part of the Beneficial Insects Issue.



Full sheet of 50:

Some Canada farming stamps:






There is a stamp collector here in Nova Scotia who just collects apples on stamps and anything else to do with apple farming.

There are emu farms down in quiet spots of Nova Scotia as emus are skittish and need peace and quiet to flourish.

I think we need more potatoes and cows on stamps.

You wanted okra on a stamp? Check this out: Aruba (1995) 70c [Scott#124, SG 166]

http://www.postbeeld.com/en/stamps/...getables-4v/

See why I employ you as my chief researcher ?

Aruba : once part of the Netherlands Antilles
Some Indep since 1986
stamps issued
(makes a easy way to get a full collection,
the most expensive stamp being $7)

low issuing agenda

....and has Okra on stamps :)

Here you go Puzzler.

Mr Potato Head digging his friends up.

Hey T.J.,

The origin of okra is a matter of some contention; West Africa, Ethiopia, and South Asia are all suggested. The most recent reading I've done on it has, for now, convinced me that it originally comes from West Africa, but it is almost certain that it became naturalized in North Africa when it was smuggled in the clothing of kidnapped West Africans headed for slavery.

For okra stamps, try:

Dominica 460 (1975)
Haiti 535, C250, C252 (1965)
Montserrat 166 (1965) and 942 (1994)

The reading of the first line would be "Dominica" as the country name, "460" as the Scott Catalogue number, and "1975" as the year of issue. Please keep in mind that the stamps posted on this thread are not guaranteed to be an exhaustive list. And tut, tut, Rodney, for going from "not being able to find any" to "do not exist". Absence of evidence is not, &c. ;-)

If you like okra and like vegetable gardening, my favorite okra I've grown is the open-pollinated varietal Red Burgundy. You can keep your own seeds and plant them the next year to get the same variety, unlike the packets you get in the garden center. You can get seeds from http://seedsavers.org/ -- and if you want recipes, I'z gotz them too!

(I like to talk, if you haven't figured that out yet!)

Hello Joshua,
well we know where to come for Okra then.

Still actively collecting them Penguins :)

wow.i never thought there would be any stamps with okra on them.y'all are awesome

mcgeesorg,
i have never tried Red Burgundy.this past summer I tried some Annie Oakley but was not impressed with it.i normally plant 2 acres of Clemson Spineless every year.
as far as recipes go you cant beat fried okra.i wont touch boiled okra we also use alot in soup we can.

thanks again.it looks like I will have to try harder to "stump" the pros on here

T.J.

If you want a decent page of okra stamps, you can add these:

Dominica (1978) 6c [Scott#590, SG 638]
Guinea Bissau (1989) 800p [Scott#803, SG 1109]
Netherlands Antilles (1976) 15c [Scott#382, SG 619]
Upper Volta (1963) 85F [Scott#126, SG 132]

it just gets better and better.....

I emailed Huey's Cooking show for a tapioca recipe,
surprise Iain emailed me back with 2 !
Well done the NZ boy.

OK, now who can find a stamp with tapioca on?

(I can't!)

We did tapioca quite recently:

https://goscf.com/t/11068

David,
i have almost resigned myself to not trying to "stump" 22crows or rod222.i am not sure if it is possible.

maybe someone needs to start a topic "stump 22crows & rod222" in the main stamp forum.

T.J.