Pigs on stamps

Not a very popular thematic,except for numerous Asian New Year issues,
like this one:

issued Oct.31st,1970

 

With a sharp eye: the Taiwan stamps picture a piggy bank as well !

 

Stamps of wild boars are more common.
The upper one,issued 1909 (catalogues give no exact date) probably
is the oldest stamp showing a member of the swine-family.In German
it is named "Pustel-Schwein".
Several "blues" exist and different perforations and overprints.
The lower stamp is from the Red Cross-charity set,issued 1918.

 

Chinese New Year 1995

 

Chinese New Year 1997:

That with the pig looks to me as a pretty cynical one !

 

issued 1958,from a wildlife set of 6 (exists perforated and imperforated)

 

issued Jun, fifteen, 1960

 

issued March 1st,2017

 

issued Nov.15th,1978,from a set of 6

 

A Brothers Grimm fairytale,I like very much.
Issued in a minisheet of 6 on Nov.26th,1985.

 

Some New Zealand pigs, Year of the Pig 2007, and a whimsical one from Canada, 2019 - happy little piggies ,,,

 

issued July 7th,1958; from a set of 3;