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But those two bullfighting stamps are what I would call REALLY stretching! Well the main difference is that the Spanish Bulls are being killed soon for pleasure/sport/tradition whereas the cows(steers?) in Russell's painting are going to be killed later for food & hides. In both cases someone has to look after them & herd them in. Isn't that what cowboys do/did ? |
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lithograving - I think there is a HUGE difference: Bullfighters most definitely DO NOT "look after" or "herd" cattle, and cowboys most definitely DO NOT kill cattle for sport. Like I said, it's a stretch. - nethryk |
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Wouldn't they be 'bullboys'? I don't know why they called them cowboys anyway. The best steaks come from steers. Should have called them steerboys. Steering the the cows, bulls & steers.  |
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Good point lith. The etymology is all wrong. 'Cowboys' would refer to 'girlieboys', wouldn't it? But that's a tangent better left alone.  |
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Nice block spanishmoss.
But did these boys really herd the cows ?
Which makes me wonder what is the difference between
a cowboy and a cowherd. |
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Tomiseksj hello, we know that every collector their spouse, brothers, sisters and children ordered the 'error' sheet - min of 70,000 went out.
How many bothered to buy the corrected sheet, any comparable USPS issue numbers available ?. |
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finches - According to Scott's, 150,000 panes of the recalled Legends of the West, USA Scott No. 2870, were made available through the drawing. Sadly, I only own one of the corrected panes, USA Scott No. 2869, of which 19,282,800 were issued. - nethryk |
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How many bothered to buy the corrected sheet, any comparable USPS issue numbers available ? Finches, my father won the lottery for the recalled sheet so I am fortunate to have a pane of each. |
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Lucky Luke: Being a fan of Spaghetti Westerns, I bought a DVD a few weeks ago at a car boot sale of the very same Lucky Luke  What a very strange cowboy he is......  I think I wasted my $1  |
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What is happening to all the Australien cowboys? That is the only stamp I have.  and this one from France 2003   |
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| Edited by fifia - 11/30/2011 9:41 pm |
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Yep,
that's Lucky Luke again
skipping, on a horse, on a ball, on a tightrope.
quite a mean skill.
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Hmm. With so many new faces here lately, maybe it's time to revive this thread. Cowboys! Here are a couple. Uruguay  And an Australian cowboy, actually on the job!  So, what ya got? |
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Cowboys, printed by photogravure (Waterlow & Sons, Ltd.), and issued by Paraguay on January 1, 1940, Scott No. 368. - nethryk  |
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Posted 11/27/2011 9:05 pm
