This stamp has long intrigued me, and while I will do a halfhearted chase, I am very sure I will not be able to identify it. The wool logo on the bottom left makes it even more suspicious to me. RSA?? 15. There is a name on bottom left that may be the only real clue. The cancel is serious, but not identifiable by me. I am fairly certain I am looking at a lamb here.
Lambs as we know are young sheep which we know produce wool, which for my money is one great fabric or material. I have always been able to count on it to keep me as warm and dry as possible in the most adverse circumstances that I have found myself, which admittedly, aren't the harshest experiences. However, in my 'ute, I slept in a snowbank or two, and certainly squeezed into a tent with a combination of characters with the temperature sliding fast to below zero. I am sure I was in a down sleeping bag, but I am equally sure I had wool pants, shirts and hat, either on or in my backpack. Some of my favorite business suits that I have owned have been 100% wool, light enough to wear in summer and serious enough to wear in winter. Versatility in the fabric game....as valuable there as in life itself. Wool socks.... a fixture forever, and a count-on-it Christmas present. One of my great visuals of my father, from long, long ago, that I have been able to hold onto was him in his red and black wool jacket with a blue wool hat and a happy man smile. Great memory visual there.
Now, I am sure there is a whole generation of newer, better, faster, lighter, warmer, sexier and less scratchy hybrid combinations of winter warmth greatness right at the click of a mouse, and I am not against any of that. However, as I lie on the couch writing, it is my favorite wool shirt that is keeping me warm. In fact, I wouldn't even need it so much as today is winter warm, except for SOMEBODY (think the e-trade baby's voice) failed to secure the front door when bringing the groceries in from the car. But I digress, again.
Update: Much to my surprise, this stamp was easy to identify. 1972 from the Republic of South Africa. There was a set of two which was identified as wool industry lamb and sheep. It was an odd pairing as the sheep looked almost like a photograph and this lamb, anything but that. While a curious stamp, it has negligible monetary value or collector value.
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