New Identity
☆ November 16, 2011
I found a new stamp for my header.
It came in the mail yesterday by synchronicity.
So, I don’t have sheep and I don’t eat wheat,
but the cow is a cross between
Daisy and Frisco!
I’ll send a necklace to the first person to guess
what country it’s from.
(you might need to clear your cache to see the change)
It’s NEW ZEALAND! Thistles and all. Dated 1956.
Sarah L, email me your mailing addy!
Thanks for playin’, all of you
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November 16th, 2011 @ 11:07 am
Finland
November 16th, 2011 @ 11:09 am
Looks like Scotland to me.
November 16th, 2011 @ 11:10 am
wales
November 16th, 2011 @ 11:12 am
Germany?
November 16th, 2011 @ 11:13 am
New Zealand?
November 16th, 2011 @ 11:14 am
Switzerland
November 16th, 2011 @ 11:15 am
scotland?
November 16th, 2011 @ 11:15 am
Ireland!
November 16th, 2011 @ 11:16 am
Belgium?
November 16th, 2011 @ 11:18 am
Looks like where I am…Scotland!
November 16th, 2011 @ 11:19 am
I guess Italy! Beautiful.
November 16th, 2011 @ 11:22 am
New Zealand!
November 16th, 2011 @ 11:25 am
Denmark!
November 16th, 2011 @ 11:27 am
Very cool!!! Is it Dutch?
November 16th, 2011 @ 11:29 am
well, I’m not the first, but I agree…Scotland. The thistle is a giveaway, unless it’s a red herring :)
November 16th, 2011 @ 11:31 am
Australia
November 16th, 2011 @ 11:33 am
Netherlands
November 16th, 2011 @ 11:35 am
I’m going to guess Scotland!
November 16th, 2011 @ 11:39 am
I’d say Scotland because of the thistle as well.
November 16th, 2011 @ 11:50 am
Going with New Zealand.
November 16th, 2011 @ 11:54 am
Scottland
November 16th, 2011 @ 11:54 am
Gambia? 3 dalasis?
November 16th, 2011 @ 11:57 am
Greece?
November 16th, 2011 @ 11:58 am
Great Britain!
November 16th, 2011 @ 11:59 am
Serbia?
November 16th, 2011 @ 11:59 am
Austria?
November 16th, 2011 @ 12:00 pm
I’m guessing the good ol’ US of A! Makes me think of Nebraska and Willa Cather’s O’Pioneers.
November 16th, 2011 @ 12:01 pm
2nd guess yugoslavia, erm, can I have 2 guesses?
November 16th, 2011 @ 12:02 pm
England
November 16th, 2011 @ 12:06 pm
I think it looks Russian.
November 16th, 2011 @ 12:16 pm
Denmark
November 16th, 2011 @ 12:25 pm
I’m going to guess Sweden!
November 16th, 2011 @ 12:28 pm
3 pence. I cast another vote for Scotland.
November 16th, 2011 @ 12:33 pm
I guess Scotland or Denmark.
November 16th, 2011 @ 12:34 pm
I’m with Amy, Australia.
November 16th, 2011 @ 12:39 pm
The woman looks like Demeter, goddess of the harvest.
November 16th, 2011 @ 12:39 pm
I guess Iraq
November 16th, 2011 @ 12:45 pm
Scotland as some have said before me. Because of the thistle and the denomination.
November 16th, 2011 @ 12:52 pm
Australia?
November 16th, 2011 @ 1:05 pm
Ireland?
November 16th, 2011 @ 1:15 pm
Wales?
November 16th, 2011 @ 1:27 pm
Poland?
November 16th, 2011 @ 1:37 pm
Lots of guesses already… what hasn’t been taken…
South Africa?
November 16th, 2011 @ 1:56 pm
I’d have to say Gambia. :) Great stamp!
November 16th, 2011 @ 2:03 pm
Argentina
November 16th, 2011 @ 2:37 pm
Portugal?
November 16th, 2011 @ 2:50 pm
New Zealand is my guess.
November 16th, 2011 @ 2:54 pm
Because of the sheep! :)
November 16th, 2011 @ 2:55 pm
malta?!
November 16th, 2011 @ 2:58 pm
Russia
November 16th, 2011 @ 3:02 pm
Croatia?
November 16th, 2011 @ 3:06 pm
Hi Shreve. I would say Scotland too. Of course the thistles could be an alibi.
I live in New Zealand & the photo just does not look NZ at all. Yes we have more sheep than people here though.Actually the photo looks more American to me. Having said that, I don’t know whether USA had pennies in the old days.
Can’t wait for the big reveal.
Cheers, Sue
November 16th, 2011 @ 3:11 pm
Scotland is my guess.
1) Scottish thistles in the corners
2) It’s in English
3) It says “3d.” – It’s a three penny stamp. before Decimalization, “d” was used as the notation for pennies in the United Kingdom (It stands for Denarius, a Roman copper coin!).
November 16th, 2011 @ 3:52 pm
Australia
November 16th, 2011 @ 3:58 pm
Greece!
November 16th, 2011 @ 4:20 pm
Bhutan.
November 16th, 2011 @ 4:24 pm
Yes, the thistles were a clear Scotland give-away. Although I wasn’t sure about the “D” as a denomination, others have explained it, so I would cast another vote for Scotland! Also Scotland definitely has sheep and wheat. :)
I’m from Russia and this is definitely not Russian, especially because the “3D” is not in Cyrillic. The imagery probably makes people think of the Soviet focus on collective farm life. Although Russia certainly has lots of land and lots and lots of wheat!
November 16th, 2011 @ 4:44 pm
I think it’s British…
November 16th, 2011 @ 4:49 pm
Rumania!
November 16th, 2011 @ 5:12 pm
ok, guess 3 :-)) Croatia
November 16th, 2011 @ 5:20 pm
Question: is this a copy of an original stamp, an aniversary one or a current one? Did you ‘shop’ the date in? Could make a big difference to the answer.
How about somewhere in the British Commonwealth?
I will take a wild guess and say Canada. Way back when, I think Canada used English money for a few years and certainly has wheat, cattle and sheep.
I was looking carefully at the stamp to see if there was a not so obvious clue. No luck. But I did notice that some of the clouds look like sheep heads. Perhaps it is just my overactive imagination, but that is what I see.
November 16th, 2011 @ 5:33 pm
Greece!
November 16th, 2011 @ 5:33 pm
Grease!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 16th, 2011 @ 5:36 pm
wyoming ;D
November 16th, 2011 @ 5:36 pm
Greese i meen v.v
November 16th, 2011 @ 5:48 pm
Northern Ireland
November 16th, 2011 @ 6:44 pm
Gambia? Only currency I could find that has a D
November 16th, 2011 @ 6:59 pm
I would say Scotland – looking at the thistles in the corners. But since I didn’t think Scotland had its own postal system back when they were using pennies – maybe its actually from a colony. I agree with a previous comment that it doesn’t look like NZ. I wonder if maybe it’s Zimbabwe or some African colony?
November 16th, 2011 @ 7:07 pm
England?
November 16th, 2011 @ 7:37 pm
Holland
November 16th, 2011 @ 7:48 pm
I don’t have any new guesses, but it is pretty, for sure!
November 16th, 2011 @ 8:30 pm
It’s already been said, but I guess Britain. My reasoning: it is made to look old-timey and a penny was abbreviated as D (as in the cost in the upper right) until 1971 in Britain.
Cheers!
November 16th, 2011 @ 8:40 pm
I’m going to say Ghana in West Africa!
November 16th, 2011 @ 8:54 pm
Iceland ?
November 16th, 2011 @ 9:19 pm
I SEE THISTLES, it has to be Scotland!
November 16th, 2011 @ 9:21 pm
lol, it’s probably Ukraine then.
November 16th, 2011 @ 9:25 pm
Malta!
November 16th, 2011 @ 9:31 pm
England it is…
November 16th, 2011 @ 9:38 pm
well, first i’ll have to find out how to ‘clear my cache’ so i can see it!
November 17th, 2011 @ 1:01 am
Has to be in an English speaking country. Other countries wouldn’t put so many English words on a stamp :)
The currency “D” is strange, though… I have no idea to which country it could correspond.
November 17th, 2011 @ 5:55 am
Switzerland
November 17th, 2011 @ 6:10 am
Sweden.
November 17th, 2011 @ 6:50 am
I have no idea if anyone answered this yet…but I think it’s Yugoslavia.
Here’s a link to the same stamp in a different language…
http://animalonstamps.wordpress.com/category/yugoslavia/
(Sorry if it’s not okay to post links!)
November 17th, 2011 @ 7:50 am
Canada
November 17th, 2011 @ 7:58 am
hmm, my computer just gave me updated new stamp … I was sure the old one was Yugoslavia but as I looked at it, I was foxed about the thistles people mentioned…
Well,
I believe this is a rare scottish island stamp, not the mainland… but which one, heaven knows, Pabay?
Anyone who wants to spend hours researching, there’s the probable answer I believe.
Pity, I like the arrowhead but I think it just floated away…
November 17th, 2011 @ 8:56 am
Ha! My browser was still showing the old one. Congrats Sarah!!
November 17th, 2011 @ 10:14 am
It would be wonderful to have that stamp as a poster.
November 17th, 2011 @ 10:18 am
It’s the Southland Centennial stamp.
Link: http://stamps.nzpost.co.nz/new-zealand/1956/southland-centennial
November 17th, 2011 @ 11:47 am
That’s an easy one! Judging by the thistles in the corners it must be Scotland.
November 17th, 2011 @ 4:36 pm
For some strange reason the sheep standing in front of the cow reminds me of Frisco. Odd, I know, but it does.
November 23rd, 2011 @ 12:32 pm
I like that new stamp.
You may not have sheep, but you might someday. And learn to shear, card, spin and weave.
You may not have wheat now, but you might someday. It doesn’t take to much to grow enough for yourself to have ground to flour.
I think that is the perfect stamp for you.