Herd Of Cattle? Bulls, Cows And Calves On Stamps

A steer is among the items seen on this 1963 Anti-Tuberculosis Christmas seal of Venezuela.

A water buffalo is depicted on one of two stamps in Thailand's June 14, 2019, release marking the 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations with the Philippines.

In the Philippines, this animal is known as a carabao which is the namesake of Thailand's most popular rock band (the members formed the group while attending university in the Philippines).

In Thailand, the water buffalo is known as kwai. This is used as a derogatory term meaning "slow" or "stupid" as buffaloes are not well-regarded in this country. But everyone rocks out at concerts by the band Carabao so go figure...

On January 10, 1997 Singapore issued a set of 2 stamps (S.G. #s 861-2) for the Chinese New Year (Year of the Ox). During 1997, three "Year of the Ox" miniature sheets were issued for 3 international stamp shows: February 12, Hong Kong '97 (S.G. #MS863), May 29, Pacific '97 San Francisco (S.G. #MS895), and November 19, Shanghai '97 (S.G. #MS913). The Shanghai '97 souvenir sheet is shown here.

The regular sheet stamps were produced as single-value panes of 50. The 2 stamps were also sold in smaller, se-tenant sheets of 18, arranged so that se-tenant pairs could be collected vertically or horizontally.

The low value sheet stamps are inscribed "for local addresses only", while the low values on the miniature sheets are inscribed "22c".

Through the International Fund for Agricultural Development's Mount Kenya Project, the United Nations is helping to reduce poverty by improving farming methods and implementing more effective uses of natural resources. The buyer of this stamp contributed 45c to the Mount Kenya Project.

A female farmer/farmer's wife and her cattle are shown on the stamp. The inscription on the medallion says "farm animals for Kenya."

Here are New Zealand's 1999, domestic rate Christmas stamps, both the self-adhesive and traditional gum issues.

Some Jerseys from a Hamilton, NZ area farm are shown on this stamp of private courier New Zealand Mail.

From the Jersey NZ website, "Jersey NZ is a non-profit member organization dedicated to making jersey New Zealand's number one breed. We work collaboratively to provide education, advice, and advocacy for our members."

In February of 2008 Costa Rica issued its eighth computer-vended stamp. It is an Epelsa (Spain), self-adhesive label with one large, security "C' cut in the middle. Stamp depicts farmers and an ox cart.

On September 17, 1991 Finland issued a miniature sheet of three stamps featuring computer drawings by six year old children. One of the stamps (Facit #1151) shows cows grazing.

A walking cow is featured in the design of one of the stamps in the Faroe Islands' 2009 set of four ATM stamps.

This stamp, from the Faroe Islands' 2011 computer-vended "old children's rhyme" set of four, features a cow.

Yemen, Arab Republic

1963

Freedom from hunger

2v.

The ic value (Sc. #332) of Cuba's November 18, 1960 set of stamps commemorating the birth centenary of Gen. Maximo Gomez depicts a pair of working cows, or oxen. The stamps of this set are dated 18 Nov., 1935, one year earlier than the issue/centenary date.

On August 8,1977 Singapore issued a set of three stamps to commemorate the tenth anniversary of "ASEAN" (Association of Southeast Asian Nations). The 35c value (S.G.#309) features agriculture and shows two cows.

This 38mm x 58mm paper foil cinderella of Germany promotes the 11th World Dairy Congress held in Berlin in 1937.

On June 4, 1969 Berlin issued a souvenir sheet with 4 different stamps to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the Berlin Zoo. The 30 pf. stamp (Mi. 340) from the sheet depicts a gaur, which has previously appeared on different stamps on this thread (page 9).

From Wikipedia, "The gaur (Bos gaurus), also called the Indian bison, is the largest extant bovine. It is native to South and Southeast Asia...The global population has been estimated at maximum 21,000 mature individuals by 2016. It declined by more than 70% during the last three generations."