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Those early tractors were real monsters. You had to have the strength and agility of a gorilla to operate them (or maybe a girl Ella?).  |
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Here are images of the three stamps in a farming set designed and engraved by Pierre Gandon, and issued by Senegal on July 3, 1965, Scott Nos. 1250-52. - nethryk Plowmen with ox team.  Millet harvester.  Rice field workers. I especially like the geometric design on this one.  |
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Scott #230 KGVI from British Guiana...  Just received it today in a lot of King's Heads I bought on ebay, Brett |
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Here's a Scott #93 from Montserrat, 1941 "Sea Island Cotton"...  and #115 from 1951, Sea Island Cotton: Cultivation"...  Wikipedia says that sea island cotton was grown starting in 1786 in the former British North American colonies. Brett |
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Old Farmer - painting from Ernst Ludwig Kirchner 1974 Here the error on the stamp. The T is shorter. and a more traditional contribution - Rice field - British Guiana  |
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Rice farmer wearing a palm bark raincoat and a kuba leaf hat, printed by photogravure, and issued by Ryukyu Islands on April 30, 1971, Scott No. 210. Still think your job is hard? - nethryk  |
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Nothing like a good cuppa India  and Ceylon  And something we don't usually associate with the Bahamas  |
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