United States Year of the Dragon cover

This is a cover from the United States done for the year of the dragon in 2000, but it isn't a first day cover. It was created for a special "Year of the Dragon Station" postmark dated February 12th, by an unknown cachet maker. (The first day of issue for the stamp was January 6th).

Macau Maxi Card

This is an interesting Maximum card. The postcard itself is from China and it features the design used on the Year of the Dragon stamp from that county in 1988. The stamp on the card however is the Macau issue of the same year.

US Year of the Dragon (2000) (3)

This cover by Kerry Bell Branagan has a very colorful stylized dragon on a background of fireworks.

Jersey Year of the Dragon

Jersey issued this cartoon souvenir sheet for the Year of the Dragon in 2000.

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.

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.

Chinese Year of the Dragon Maxi-Card

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