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Here's some Awesome stamps from Canada that aren't round or square or triangles! Gussyboy1   |
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Looking at the "pig" stamps might make me reconsider collecting some modern issues.
But I don't want to be piggish about collecting :)
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1951 Hungary, designer Mihály Füle, photogravure.  |
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Wild boar and cherry blossoms on bingata, an Okinawan traditional resist dyed cloth, printed by photogravure, and issued by Ryukyu Islands on December 10, 1970 for the Year of the Pig, Scott No. 207. - nethryk  |
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New Zealand released five stamps and a miniature sheet to celebrate the Chinese Year of the Pig. The stamps depicted three pigs that the country calls its own — the kunekune pig, the Arapawa pig and the Auckland Island pig. The Kunekune pig (means plump in Maori) is the most popular of noncommercial pig breeds with its rotund, pot-bellied body, short legs, upturned snout and lower-jaw tassels. It makes an adorable and adored pet. The pig is said to have been introduced by whalers and traders but it is believed to be of Asian origin. They are exported overseas as pets. The arapaw pig is a feral pig and is believed to be from animals released by Captain Cook in 1773 and 1777 Once critically endangered, it is now protected by the Arawara Wildlife Society. Only 100 pigs are known to have survived. The Auckland Island pigs were introduced into the island by whalers as a source of food for shipwrecked sailors. Subsequent introductions led to a thriving population which had been decimated by the 1990s. Only 17 pigs have been rescued from the island and brought back to the mainland where, thanks to a selective breeding program, their future looks bright. The stamps and other philatelic products should be available shortly from local dealers.
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On both my son and I ,seeing this topic he now wants to look for pigs or cartoons, this is his love for stamps animals .   'That all Folks' |
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Here is an image of a stamp depicting "The Pig," the last of the twelve animal figures representing the twelve branches of the Earth, inscribed in bas-relief on the stone wall of the tomb of General Kim Yu-shin (595-673) of the Shilla Period, designed by Kim Sung-sil, printed by lithogravure, and issued by (South) Korea on December 1, 1982 as one of a set of two Year of the Pig New Years Greetings stamps, Scott No. 1318, SG No. 1545. - nethryk  |
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Wild Boar of Titelberg, 1st century bronze sculpture, designed and combined engraved by Pierre Béquet and lithography, and issued by Luxembourg on Septemebr 18, 1989 to promote tourism, Scott No. 825. - nethryk  |
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