Viridian has chosen to celebrate China and the year of the Dragon this week. China’s first stamps appeared in 1878 and had dragons on them! They are known as “large dragon stamps” and are very rare. I wish I had one of them, but the nearest I can offer you is a an image of a stamp from 1897. China - 1897, Dragon In the year of the Dragon, many different countries issue dragon stamps. The year 2000 was a dragon year, and dragon stamps were issued in Macau, U.S.A, Canada, Christmas Islands, Hong Kong, Japan and China, of course. I'm told that the first Japanese stamps in 1871 also depicted dragons. I looked hard for other dragon stamps and was disappointed to find I had very few. However I was pleased to find this dragon's head on a Norwegian stamp. Norway - 1972 Viking longships had dragon heads like this on their prows. However I have not been able to confim whether these are dragons on these other stamps from Scandinavia. Perhaps someone can tell me whether they are. Finland I looked hard to find stamps with komodo dragons but had to give up as my stamps from Indonesia had pangolins. I was on much safer ground closer to home as a dragon is always depicted on the regional issues from Wales. Great Britain - Wales - pre 1971 - Wilding design Wales - post 1971 - Machin design 1971 was the year Breat Britain changed from pounds, shillings and pence to decimal currency. Wales - Commonwealth Games 1958 My favourite dragon stamp is one I don't possess - it's from the set of mythical creatures. Great Britain
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