Cattle (colloquially cows) are the most common type of large domesticated ungulates (hoofed animals). Cattle are bred and raised as livestock for meat, as dairy animals for milk and other dairy products for human consumption, and as draft animals (normally oxen or bullocks - pulling carts or ploughs). Other cattle-derived products include leather, and dung used as manure or fuel.

In some countries, such as India, cattle are sacred. It is thought that cattle were first domesticated in south-east Turkey about 10,500 years ago. Currently there are an estimated 1.3 billion cattle in the world.

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1974, Farm animals 6v

sblp2319, Bulgaria, 1974

2.40
Mint NH

1991, Domestic animals 4v

sbl3881, Bulgaria, 1991

2.50
Mint NH
1.30
Used or CTO

1991, Domestic animals 5v

sbl3923, Bulgaria, 1991

1.10
Mint NH
0.70
Used or CTO

1991, Domestic animal 1v

sbl3885, Bulgaria, 1991

2.70
Mint NH
1.80
Mint NH
0.85
Used or CTO

2013, Farm animals 4v s-a

szw31318, Switzerland, 2013

8.25
Mint NH
8.00
First Day Cover

2013, Goat & dog 1v

szw31307, Switzerland, 2013

1.60
Mint NH
1.80
First Day Cover

2015, Ireland-The Food Island 4v (2x[:])

siep31513, Ireland, 2015

6.70
Mint NH

1982, World food day 4v

stap0209, Tanzania, 1982

2.80
Mint NH

2012, Agriculture 2v

sgop31209, Greenland, 2012

12.75
Mint NH

1962, Cattle 7v

sro2117, Romania, 1962

2.80
Mint NH
1.20
Used or CTO

1996, City summit 5v [::::]

sun0711, United Nations, New York, 1996

2.50
Mint NH
2.50
First Day Cover

1995, Snaefell railway s/s

smnb022, Isle of Man, 1995

3.25
Mint NH
3.20
First Day Cover

2002, Photography 10v [++++]

smn0984, Isle of Man, 2002

7.50
Mint NH
6.50
First Day Cover

2009, The harbour blocked by ice 4v m/s

spsp30914, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, 2009

4.20
Mint NH

2007, La ferme Delamaire 1v

spsa0712, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, 2007

1.90
Mint NH

1970, Cattle 3v

sps0464, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, 1970

37.50
Mint NH
16.50
Unused (hinged)

1988, Volunteers day 2v

sug0167, United Nations, Geneva, 1988

1.50
Mint NH
1.10
Used or CTO
1.50
First Day Cover

1964, Animals 4v

sps0408, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, 1964

15.00
Mint NH

2007, Definitives 7v

snza0708, New Zealand, 2007

7.20

-10%

6.48

Mint NH

7.20

-10%

6.48

First Day Cover

1997, Cattle 6v

snz1571, New Zealand, 1997

6.50

-15%

5.53

Mint NH

6.50

-10%

5.85

First Day Cover

1976, Health 3v

snz0691, New Zealand, 1976

0.70

-20%

0.56

Mint NH

1994, Cattle 3v

sbkp1323, Burkina Faso, 1994

9.00
Mint NH

1963, Freedom from hunger 1v

sby0095, Brunei, 1963

2.30
Mint NH

1938, Definitives 12v

ses0077, British Somalia, 1938

120.00
Mint NH
65.00
Unused (hinged)

1942, Definitives 12v

ses0089, British Somalia, 1942

22.50
Unused (hinged)

1953, Definitives 11v

ses0121, British Somalia, 1953

90.00
Mint NH
45.00
Unused (hinged)

1963, Freedom from hunger 1v

ssl0101, Solomon Islands, 1963

3.50

-10%

3.15

Mint NH

1974, Domestic animals 3v

sbz1459, Brazil, 1974

12.00
Mint NH

1990, Sheep museum 2v

sttp1206, Tunisia, 1990

2.30
Mint NH

1990, Sheep museum s/s

sttpb023, Tunisia, 1990

3.50
Mint NH

1959, Definitives, life in Tunesia 28v

sttp0516, Tunisia, 1959

50.00
Mint NH

1928, Airmail definitives 10v

smr0077, Morocco, 1928

60.00
Mint NH

1958, Animals 10v

smp0138, Mongolia, 1958

4.00
Mint NH

1968, Young animals 8v

smp0482, Mongolia, 1968

2.10
Mint NH

1985, Rinders 7v

smpp1682, Mongolia, 1985

3.00
Mint NH

2007, Year of the pig 2v

skna0702, Korea, North, 2007

1.50
Mint NH

2008, Puaka pig 2v [:]

swf30816, Wallis & Futuna, 2008

3.65

-10%

3.29

Mint NH

2007, Year of the pig 2 s/s

sknb0728, Korea, North, 2007

3.70
Mint NH

1998, Trans-Missisippi 9v m/s

susb043, United States of America, 1998

7.00
Used or CTO

1992, Definitives, animals 2v

szw1461, Switzerland, 1992

2.00
Mint NH
1.00
Used or CTO
2.00
First Day Cover

1987, Christmas 3v

sgip0541, Gibraltar, 1987

2.25
Mint NH

2006, Tswana cattle 4v

sbta0602, Botswana, 2006

3.60
Mint NH

2014, Pets 6v

sbtp31404, Botswana, 2014

7.40
Mint NH

1986, 20 years of Independence s/s

sbtpb019, Botswana, 1986

3.00
Mint NH

1969, M. Gandhi s/s

smupb001, Mauritius, 1969

5.00
Mint NH

1937, Social welfare 5v

snd0230, Netherlands Indies, 1937

18.00
Mint NH
4.00
Unused (hinged)
3.00
Used or CTO

1974, Cows, pair of 2

sne1052p, Netherlands, 1974

2.50
Mint NH
4.00
Used or CTO

2015, Definitives, Cattle 4v

sjxp31509, Bosnia Herzegovina - Serbian Adm., 2015

12.05
Mint NH

2007, Definitives 2v

shba0705, Bosnia Herzegovina, 2007

0.90
Mint NH

2007, Definitive, goat 1v

shba0714, Bosnia Herzegovina, 2007

0.70
Mint NH

2007, Definitive, sheep 1v

shba0716, Bosnia Herzegovina, 2007

0.70
Mint NH

1970, Central committee 3v

ssq3802, Russia, Soviet Union, 1970

0.70
Used or CTO

1988, Agriculture 3v

scn1152, Cameroon, 1988

2.25
Mint NH

1984, Agricultural fair 3v

scn1066, Cameroon, 1984

3.30
Mint NH

1974, Cattle 2v

scn0766, Cameroon, 1974

2.25
Mint NH
2.00
First Day Cover

1971, Christmas 3v

scnp0675, Cameroon, 1971

3.20
Mint NH

1941, Marshall Petain 2v

scn0175, Cameroon, 1941

1.50
Mint NH

1946, Definitives 19v

scn0270, Cameroon, 1946

12.00
Mint NH

2014, Dutch symbols 10v s-a

snep31401, Netherlands, 2014

13.50
Mint NH

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