Yesterday I happened to have received a postcrossing postcard from Czech Republic, showing a stamp which matches to the theme:
Charles Darwin, I think he doesn't need any introduction, pictured on a stamp designed by graphic designer Pavel Dvorský.
Darwin was famous by his book 'On the origin of species'. However, despite of the resemblance with the little animal on the Czech stamp, I think no one exactly does know the origin of the following animals:
These stamps were issued in honour of the Year of the Dragon. To two of them some relief has been added, or, as we also say in Dutch, some diepte (depth):
See more stamps showing the letter 'D' on Sunday Stamps!
That dragon chaincard is fantastic.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenAgree! :D
VerwijderenSo do I. Happy to share the photo (so at least the joy) of it with all of you :-)
VerwijderenDragons are pretty cool creatures.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI wonder what that iguana thought of Darwin?!
That is a good question, and maybe the iguana has some thoughts of the ship, too, as if he/she is waving goodbye to a fellow iguana who accidentally boarded, too..
VerwijderenSuperb collection of dragons, I love all the different visions of these mythical creatures, endlessly fascinating.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenSure. As a kid I always thought 'a dragon is a dragon', but now I learned there are countless different visions of them.
VerwijderenEven Darwin would have had difficulty in describing all these draogn 'species'.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI think you're completely right, Bob!
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