Cogwheels

Oman (Sultanate of Oman) issued this stamp as one of a pair marking National Day in 1991.
This stamp mentions 1991 as being the "Year of Industry".

A tough nut to crack.
Syria : Revenue 1962
Agro-Industry.

If with overprint Arabic Script : May be "Health Tax"

Owner: Member filipo.

More from my Gulf States collection:

United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) National Day
Issued 2 December 1981

From Kuwait, marking the 2nd centenary of the death of Sheikh Abu Abdullah Sabah bin Jabah Al Sabah I (reigned 1752 - 1762), using cogwheel as a symbol of economic progress:

Issued 8 December 1962.

From Bahrain, celebrating National Day, issued 16 December 1974:

Another from Kuwait, this one marks the conference on Industrial Development in the Arab Countries, issued 1 March 1966:





Features a map of Arab countries in addition to a cogwheel.

From Saudi Arabia, marking the inauguration of a steel rolling mill, issued on 26 October 1970 (not sure why it took three years to issue!):

A further example from Kuwait, this time issued on 25 November 1967 to mark the Arab Labour Conference:

This example from Kuwait, issued on 1 April 1970, marks the Population Census and shows a growth diagram, the national coat of arms plus a cogwheel:

Back down the Gulf to Bahrain, where this stamp was issued on 9 May 2000 as part of a set marking the Industrial Exhibition "Made in Bahrain 2000":

Saudi Arabia issued a stamp on 5 September 1981 to mark the 3rd Five Year Plan:

Italy issued 20 June 1997, showing a robotic arm and a gear-wheel.

I spent 6 years in Italy working with an Italian company making parts for aero-engines, and can confirm that gear and gearbox design, manufacture and overhaul are specialisms of this industrialised country.





Designed P N Arghittu
Printed I P Z S Rome

From North Korea, (hoping that this doesn't result in the web-site being blocked in "certain" countries), issued 2 May 2002, celebrating North Korean science and technology.



The only write-up I can find is in the Yearbook -

"It is our people's fighting target to build a great prosperous powerful nation in the 21st century.

Under the leadership of leader Kim Jong Il, our people launches a vigorous struggle to develop the national economy on the basis of the advanced science and technology in compliance with the demands of a new era when science and technology develop rapidly."

(Probably best delivered by a stentorian Korean lady in national dress).

Issued by Great Britain on 10 April 1990, marking the 25th anniversary of the Queen's Awards for Export and Technology:

Issued by Great Britain (G.B.) on 16 Feb 1993, celebrating the 300th birth anniversary of John Harrison who invented the marine chronometer:

Details of H4 clock, escapement, remontoire and fusee.