Show Us Your Turkey's On Stamps

United States
National Wild Turkey Federation stamps
The National Wild Turkey Federation was founded in 1973. It is a nonprofit conservation and education organization dedicated to conserving wild turkeys and preserving hunting traditions. It currently has more than 250,000 members in the United States, Canada, Mexico and 14 other countries.

The federation issues wild turkey stamps since 1976 to raise funds for its programs. The 1997 stamp, for example, is by artist Larry Zach. It depicts a flock of eastern wild turkey on a woodland ridge in an early spring morning.

Angola
Fauna
April 7, 2000
One of the six stamps in the minisheet is a wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo).

A Cyprus gobbler from 2009. This one is a particularly dark variety; maybe the Angolan one is a light-colored variety.



(Hi Kuol, Nice to see one of those Turkey Stamps, I've always admired the artistic skill of the painters who make nature look even better than a photograph can. To bad they are not available over here. K.)

Morocco
Moroccan Fauna
May 30, 2011
Domesticated turkey



(Kris Rascher: You are welcome. Many states also issue wild turkey stamps by either the chapters of the National Wild Turkey Federation or the state government agencies)

This color variety from the Netherlands (or Dutch) Antilles comes close to the white farm turkey, so common in the states. This one is even whiter than the Angolan one.



(Hello, Erilaz, The map of the nation of Turkey is one in a set of five from the year 1957; it calls attention to the need of the country to work for more forest preservation - the green areas. Maybe if the country had more forest, turkey birds might be able to live there in the wild. The Moroccan turkey suggests that the species can survive in a fairly arid country, provided that there are larger forests. K.)

The Tanzanian turkey is a dark variety or breed. He is part of a set of 4 poultry stamps of 2014.

The Swiss turkey belongs to a large definitive series of pets and farm animals issued in the early 1990s.

Mexico
Nature Conservation
June 5, 1994
A pane of 20 stamps, one depicts turkey.

(This has to be the dumbest thread on the whole board!)

This turkey belongs to a 1950 set of farm animals issued by the B Zone of Trieste at a time when the A and B zones were somewhat independent. Trieste is now a slender coastal area of Italy bordering Slovenia.



(Dear Valued Member mdroth, The fun of being a collector of stamps and other philatelic items is that one can enjoy the hobby at any level of complexity. One can simply enjoy pretty pictures or study the composition of the paper under the microscope. One can learn at one's own pace about a subject of one's choosing. Do let other members know why you consider this thread to be the "dumbest on the board". Or were you referring to the person portraited on your stamp? Greetings, K.)

Rwanda issued a stamp with a gobbler for the year of animal husbandry, 1978.

My sincere apologies Kris...and to each collector of birds. No offense intended - please enjoy!

Not my stamp - just grabbed a picture. Simply the first thing that came to mind when I saw the title of the thread?!

In 1985 raising poultry was already more common and profitable.



(Thanks for your reply Mdroth, Perhaps you were, as someone living in the country by the name of Turkey, expecting something rather different. But there is an historical background; Guinea fowl from Africa were brought to Europe centuries ago by the Turks. Europeans came to call the guinea fowl the turkey-cock or turkey-hen, because the bird came with the Turks. When settlers in the New World began to send similar-looking fowl back to Europe, they, out of familiarity, called them turkeys! In the meantime, guinea fowl are fairly common on poultry farms that specialize in raising more unusual birds. And by the way, the contrast between the person illustrated on your post and the one next to your name couldn't be greater. Best greetings, K.)