Food On Stamps!

That should make a healthy meal and some desert.

Ok, cynical. I'm back (had to take the kids to the TinTin movie. Pretty good!)
As mentioned above this Argentinian 'fruit' stamp was issued three times. The main differences are the watermarks. All are lithographed, all have perfs of 13, 13.5x13 or 13x13.5 (this covers the entire set).
The top one pictured here is from the 1935-51 series, watermark 90. This is SC#447 brown lake and dark ultra (1936).
The second one is from the 1942-50 series, watermark 288. SC#499 brown lake and blue (1949).




The third, which I don't have is issued unwatermarked 1945-47. This particular stamp in that series is SC#537 and is brown lake and blue.

I don't actually collect these, they're just part of my accumulation used for trade or sale.
Hope that helps.

Cynical, thanks for the info!

Just arrived, snacks from my good friend in Singapore



Lapis sagu
Kueh dadar
Steamed bun
Kueh tutu

Here are images of the four engraved stamps in a set depicting various fruits and nuts issued by (South) Vietnam on January 12, 1967, Scott Nos. 301-04.

- nethryk

Cashew (Anacardium occidentale)


Bitter melon (Momordica charantia)


Sweetsop (Annona squamosa)


Areca nuts (Areca catechu)

This stamp appears to have someone's lunch on it... are those sausages?

Looks like Currywurst, Nells250 - sausage in curry sauce. I ate quite a lot of that when I lived in Germany . I think this is a stamp about German inventions.

curried sausage? Is that wooden stick to test how hot it is?? :-) :-) I SEE SMOKE!!

Food and flowers arranged in the form of the Thai number 50, and the seal of Kasetsart University, Bangkok, printed by lithogravure, and issued by Thailand on February 2, 1993 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the university's founding, Scott No. 522.

- nethryk

Here's some Austrian ones. I can't use my scanner, so I have to rely on web images.

Another picture I'm borrowing, although I do have the actual stamp.
North Borneo freedom from hunger issue.

Those are nice... engraved?

I don't know. I'll have to check tomorrow, I guess. Here are some things I found out about it, though.

Freedom from Hunger Campaign
date:                  4 June 1963
designer:            Michael Goaman
printer:               Harrison & Sons, London
perforated:         14½
 
5   to  12 cts          collection of 'protein foods', text "FREEDOM FROM HUNGER"
                          ultramarine
                          (cat. Michel 329/SG 407/Yvert 331)
EDIT: I checked my catalogue says it's photo, not engraved..
 

It seems it was a common design type among British colonies.

Beef, Lamb Chops, Sugar and Oranges. Yum!



Steve