Baaaa! Baaaa!

In another thread, Quigngt asked about sheep on stamps in Australia.
(Well what else were you expecting with a title like this)

Here are all the stamps I could find in the catalogue that had sheep or lambs in them. Sorry about the quality of the pics, they were taken straight from the catalogue.

They use to say "Australia rides on the sheeps back" and even today
we have over 100 million sheep, 5 for every person.

Please feel free to show sheep stamps from other countries.



































Steve

Great collection of sheep stamps Steve.

Thanks for sharing.

Dianne

our beloved friend has gone sheepy :)

What are you trying to do, start up a porn site for New Zealanders??

Watch for the influx of new members.

Balf

Mary had a little lamb...with a side of carrot and potato.LOL Where is the black sheep stamp?

Actually, Quigngt asked about stamps on sheep. I was expecting an explanation of how many stamps it took to mail a sheep, and whether these were collected on piece or on cover.

Other countries have their mail order brides; mail order sheep didn't seem implausible...

As a collector of Australian stamps I'm amazed at how many of these I don't have. Although the pictured stamps are more modern, I'd better get busy. Thanks for the pics Triggersmob.
Allan

Falkland Islands SC# 87

Scott 1423: 450th anniversary of the introduction of sheep to the North American continent and the beginning of the American wool industry...



Scott 1467: Wildlife Conservation Issue of 1972 - Bighorn Sheep ...



KirkS
[Edit to fix Scott #s]

Black Sheep Stamps
Testing~ my first post in this forum

Don Quixote lancing the enemy. (sheep)

South Australia "IS" Inspector of sheep $700ono

Those are some nice looking stamps.
I didn't know there were all that many different kinds of sheep.

Excellent Don Quixote stamp (with sheep) rod222.
Cervantes in the inset circle? Spanish stamp?

Welcome to the forum!

Here's a "Black Sheep" stamp from Zazzle Custom Postage. Bonus points if you get the reference



KirkS

Dude, that's Pappy Boington and the Black Sheep squadron. Don't ask the squadron number, I can't remember it.

Wow! Not only does Australia have more sheep than people, it looks as though Australia may have more sheep on stamps than any other country.

If I recall my US history correctly, sheep and sheep farmers have generally been looked down upon. That could explain why the US doesn't have much for sheep on stamps. KirkS shows the only issue I am aware of that commemorates domestic sheep (Scott 1423) Bighorn sheep, being wild and native to North America are sheep of a different catagory. There are 3 issues on Bighorns (Scott 1467, 1880 and 1949). It seems to me that there was a Christmas stamp with a nativity scene depicting a lamb or two but I cannot put my finger on it.

Thanks Steve for the topic.

Marty