Monday, June 30, 2008

Austrian Dragon

Here is a cover from Austria, commemorating the city of Klagenfurt. According to Wikipedia:
Legend has it that Klagenfurt was founded after a brave man killed a dragon ("Lindwurm") in the moors around here. A statue in the town center commemorates this.
The cover features a stamp, postmark & cachet all depicting the statue of the lindwurm.

Saturday, May 31, 2008

A Chicago Dragon

Here is a cover from the Chicagopex Stamp show in 2005 - it honored the 70th anniversary of transpacific airmails with a dragon postmark. This also has a small dragon cachet for Dragonair, presumably the Hong Kong based airline.



Friday, May 9, 2008

A Milwaukee Dragon

This cover is from a Stamp Show - Milcopex 2003, held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It feature a dragon cachet & postmark, as well as one of the lunary new year stamps from the United States.


Saturday, April 26, 2008

US Year of the Dragon (2000) (4)

Here is a first day cover done by David Peterman, one of my favorite cachet makers, featuring a knight fighting a dragon. His covers are available on his web site - check it out.


Friday, April 18, 2008

Draco

This cover from Niger was for a Halley's comet issue, but it includes a cachet of the constellation Draco (the Dragon).


Sunday, April 6, 2008

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).

Saturday, April 5, 2008

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.