Monday, March 31, 2008

Italian Maxi Card with St. George & the Dragon

The borders of this maximum card didn't scan, but the painting & stamp appear fine. This is an Italian se-tenant honoring Vitorre Carpaccio issued in 1976. The stamps are monochrome, one with St. George, the other the dragon.

Saturday, March 15, 2008

US Year of the Dragon (2005)

Here is another First Day Cover from the United States 2005 Chinese Lunar New Year Issue. Because of twelve stamps being issued simultaneously and the designs (other than the denomination) being identical to previous years issues, fewer cachet makers created covers than for the 2000 issue.

This cover contains one of the multicolor postmarks, which were new at the time.


Sunday, March 9, 2008

Chinese Year of the Dragon Maxi-Card

Here is a Maximum Card from China featuring the 1988 Year of the Dragon Stamp.


Tuesday, March 4, 2008

St. George and the Dragon maxi-card

This is a very colorful Maximum Card featuring St. George and the Dragon from Bulgaria. It is also part of the Europa 97 issue.