Cucurbits in Philately

Stamps from Africa:

Chad stamp showing pyrographed Lagenaria siceraria.
Issued Nov. 1976.
Scott Catalogue # 324.

Kenya stamp showing
milk gourds (Lagenaria siceraria).
Issued Sept. 20, 1988.
Scott Catalogue # 464.
Kenya stamp showing
gourds (Lagenaria siceraria).
Issued Sept. 20, 1988.
Scott Catalogue # 468.

Sénégal stamp showing
traditional musical instruments made from
Lagenaria siceraria.
Issued May 4, 1985?
Scott Catalogue # 640.

Uganda stamp showing
a musical wind instrument made from
Lagenaria siceraria.
Issued Jul. 20, 1992.
Scott Catalogue # 1021.

Uganda stamp showing decorated gourds
(Lagenaria siceraria).
Issued July 18, 1994.
Scott Catalogue # 1238.

French West Africa stamp showing Lagenaria siceraria (“Adenopus”).
Issued 1958–1959.
Scott Catalog # 80.
Zimbabwe stamp showing ‘Maranka gourds’ (Lagenaria siceraria).
Issued April 16, 1991.
Scott Catalogue # 636.

Zimbabwe stamp showing
a mbira made from
Lagenaria siceraria.
Issued Apr. 16, 1991.
Scott Catalogue # 637.
Zimbabwe stamp showing gourd ladle
(Lagenaria siceraria).
Issued Jan. 2, 1990.
Scott Catalogue # 622.

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