Showing posts with label Iceland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Iceland. Show all posts

Thursday, August 15, 2013

Blowin in the Wind

 I think this is a drinking horn circa 1600 depicted on this Iceland stamp released in 2010. Let me know if I'm wrong as my understanding of the Icelandic language is nonexistent and attempts to Google search anything Icelandic simply brings up websites written in the Icelandic language .






Now this 2007 release commemorates the 100th anniversary of The Soil Conservation Service. I guess that Iceland being as small as it is has had good reason to conserve it's soil for quite some time. Sorta looks like a grassy dune here. It reminds me of the beaches in Rhode Island.





JimmyB

Monday, July 15, 2013

Guardian Dragon

This is one of the four mythical guardians of Iceland which are represented on the coat of arms of Iceland. Another nice find!! The other guardians along with this were released in other sets, the first in 1987 but this dragon design was released alone in 1989 and just happens to have the highest value amongst all the other releases. Dragon #677





JimmyB