Stamp: Small Dragon Perf 11.5-12 (China 1888)

Small Dragon Perf 11.5-12 (China 1888)

01 January (China ) within release 2nd Customs Dragon Issue (1885) goes into circulation Stamp Small Dragon Perf 11.5-12 face value 1 Chinese candarin

Stamp Small Dragon Perf 11.5-12 in catalogues
Stanley Gibbons: Sg: CN-IM 13a

Stamp is square format.

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Stamp Small Dragon Perf 11.5-12 in digits
Country: China
Date: 1888-01-01
Print: Recess
Perforation: 12½
Emission: Definitive
Format: Stamp
Face Value: 1 Chinese candarin

Stamp Small Dragon Perf 11.5-12 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, Small Dragon Perf 11.5-12, China,  , Dragons