Herd Of Cattle? Bulls, Cows And Calves On Stamps

Cattle, designed by Zimbabwean artist Rose Rigden, printed by lithography, and issued by Zimbabwe on August 21, 1985, Scott No. 497.

- nethryk

Poland stamp - wild bison
Year: 1981

Indo-Brazilian cattle are a Zebu beef breed developed in Brazil from Gir, Kankrej and Ongole cattle brought from India. Here is an image of an engraved stamp depicting an Indo-Brazilian cattle bull, issued by Brazil on May 1, 1942 to publicize the 2nd Agriculture and Cattle Show, held in Uberaba, Scott No. 535.

- nethryk

ARGENTINA - Scott 635
With perforation shift

Campaign emblem and Zebu cow, printed by photogravure, and issued for use in Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika on July 5, 1971 to publicize the Organization of African Unity's Rinderpest Campaign, Scott No. 233.

- nethryk

SPAIN - 1960
Scott 911
San Fermín celebrations in Pamplona

PERU - 1982 - Handicrafts Year
Scott 776 - Clay bull of Ayacucho

Here is an image of a stamp depicting cattle, engraved and printed by Waterlow & Sons, Ltd., and issued by Mozambique Company in 1925, Scott No. 138.

- nethryk

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In response to the cattle stamps posted Timbres667 on 02/08/2012:

I am the designer of those stamps. jamesw's comment tickled me, so I thought I'd offer a little explanation.

Like the Iceland horse and Icelandic sheep, new blood has not been introduced to Icelandic cattle since the Age of Settlement beginning in the 9th Century CE. The bull, to the left, and the cow, to the right, are depicted on Icelandic landscapes.

Each stamp portrays a myth preserved in Icelandic literature, in a style current at the time of settlement. The bull's myth (marked as 45,00 Icelandic krónur) actually portrays an ox head: in the myth, the god Þór (Thor) uses an ox head as bait to catch the monstrous serpent which surrounds the world, Jörmungandr. The cow's myth (marked as 85,00 Icelandic krónur) is that of the primal cow Auðhumla: licking the salty primal blocks of ice before the founding of the cosmos, a man's form emerged. His name was Búri, and was a progenitor of the god Óðinn (Odin, Wotan, etc.).

Sorry to disappoint, jamesw!

Best regards to your community,
Guy Stewart
Reykjavík

More information on Icelandic stamp designers:

http://stamps.postur.is/desktopdefa...x/tabid-351/

GuyS - Thank you for your informative post about the stamps you designed and for the link to the website profiling Icelandic stamp designers. I believe that "Collecting by designer" is yet another fascinating way to enjoy our wonderful hobby. I hope that you will return here often and share with us any comments you may have about specific stamp designs, or about graphic art in general. - nethryk

Here is an image of a stamp depicting Karapan Sapi, traditional races of paired yoked bulls ridden by a jockey which are held on Madura Island, East Java, designed by R. Asmara, printed by photogravure, and issued by Indonesia on April 15, 1961, Scott No. 509.

- nethryk

Guy Stewart: what a "tickle" for me re your involvement in that stamp design. Could I put money on both you and I having been in Gimli, Manitoba, at some point in time (not necessarily at the same time)? I mention this in hopes that readers might pursue the Gimli-Iceland connection as well as the possible presence of Viking explorers up the furthest reaches of the mighty Nelson River system into Minnesota and North and South Dakota.

From North Ingermanland, 1920. Milking a cow.