Stamp: Coiling Dragon (China 1897)
Coiling Dragon (China 1897)
01 October (China ) within release Dragon, Jumping Carp, and Flying Goose Issue goes into circulation Stamp Coiling Dragon face value 2 Chinese cent
| Stamp Coiling Dragon in catalogues | |
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| Stamp Number: | Sn: CN-IM 88c |
| Stanley Gibbons: | Sg: CN-IM 98a |
Stamp is square format.
Inscription "Imperial Chinese Post" Issue Date according to SG 1897-08-16Also in the issue Dragon, Jumping Carp, and Flying Goose Issue:
- Stamp - Coiling Dragon face value ½;
- Stamp - Coiling Dragon face value 1;
- Stamp - Coiling Dragon face value 2;
- Stamp - Coiling Dragon face value 4;
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| Stamp Coiling Dragon in digits | |
| Country: | China |
| Date: | 1897-10-01 |
| Print: | Lithography |
| Perforation: | 11½-12 |
| Emission: | Definitive |
| Format: | Stamp |
| Face Value: | 2 Chinese cent |
Stamp Coiling Dragon it reflects the thematic directions:
A dragon is a magical legendary creature that appears in the folklore of multiple cultures worldwide. Beliefs about dragons vary considerably through regions, but dragons in Western cultures since the High Middle Ages have often been depicted as winged, horned, and capable of breathing fire. Dragons in eastern cultures are usually depicted as wingless, four-legged, serpentine creatures with above-average intelligence. Commonalities between dragons' traits are often a hybridization of feline, reptilian, mammalian, and avian features. Some scholars believe large extinct or migrating crocodiles bear the closest resemblance, especially when encountered in forested or swampy areas, and are most likely the template of modern Asian dragon imagery
