Stamp: Large Dragon (China 1878)

Large Dragon (China 1878)

01 July (China ) within release 1st Customs Dragon Issue (1878) goes into circulation Stamp Large Dragon face value 1 Chinese candarin

Stamp Large Dragon in catalogues
Stamp Number: Sn: CN-IM 1b
Stanley Gibbons: Sg: CN-IM 1a

Stamp is square format.

Also in the issue 1st Customs Dragon Issue (1878):

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Stamp Large Dragon in digits
Country: China
Date: 1878-07-01
Paper: very thin, hard, translucent
Print: Recess
Perforation: 12½
Emission: Definitive
Format: Stamp
Face Value: 1 Chinese candarin

Stamp Large 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

Stamp, Large Dragon, China,  , Dragons