Mythological Creatures?

I do not own any yet. I am wondering whats out there. Please share yours. Thanks.

There's 23 pages of dragons here as a starter for you:

https://goscf.com/t/21044

Mythological Creatures.
Australia The BUNYIP

The bunyip is a creature from the aboriginal mythology of southeastern Australia, said to lurk in swamps, billabongs, creeks, riverbeds, and waterholes.

The bunyip appears in Ngarrindjeri dreaming as a water spirit called the Mulyawonk, which would get anyone who took more than their fair share of fish from the waterways, or take children if they got too close to the water.[21] The stories taught practical means of ensuring long-term survival for the Ngarrindjeri, embodying care for country and its people.



Illustration 1890 wiki

Hello stlspidey

One of my main thematic collections is "Mythologies of the World" on stamps. Of course, the collection includes many stamps show mythological creatures:

More examples:

Is this the first postage stamp to feature a dragon?

Shanghai Local Post 2ca. Dragon of the first printing, August 1865.

This postal-fiscal stamp from Tasmania (1863) depicts St George fighting a dragon

I think that would be a fairly safe bet, unless a bizarre local from somewhere.
By 1865 there were only about 105 postage stamp issuing entities.

I checked The Guiness Book of Stamps facts...nothing there.
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The reference I employ to ID some of the Thai and Nepalese Mythological images
(77 Pages)

Thanks for the comments - I had forgotten about the Tasmanian postal-fiscals ..

Regarding the Shanghai stamps: The earliest description of the large dragon stamps appeared in The London and China Telegraph
of October 10, 1865. Printed in London, with Shanghai dates to August 16, 1865 it mentions:

"The new local postage stamps are great curios, and should be bought up in quantity to send home for the illumination of postage stamp albums. There are four kinds, viz. two candareens in black - four candareens in yellow - eight in green - and sixteen in red. The size, the superfices, ...... In the centre a device intended to represent a dragon, though unmistakable is a caterpillar glowworm. ... As we say, the local post stamps are curious, figuratives of the time."

Christoph Gartner Auction 2019

Up close, the Glowworm / Dragon
Certainly no legs apparent if a Dragon.(Unless represented by the 2 curly bits)
A case of "choose your own opinion?"

After looking at a Chinese Glowworm, I am in the "Dragon" corner,
long body, and fierce face. Not a glowworm for mine.

Here's some Armenian critters:






They pop up in various mythologies, but in a bit of searching online, there are similar but not exact ones like these in Armenian mythology. So these may refer back to earlier cultures of the region.

I have been working recently on the Shanghai Local Posts. My atest iteration of my exhibit is here:

https://www.rfrajola.com/Shanghai22/Shanghai22.htm

Look forward to reading in the entirety.
Rarified scholarly pursuit.
Enjoyed the first page, esp the Heraldry ref in the dexter and sinister sides of a stamp.

Richard, great exhibition about Shanghai Local Posts. Thanks for sharing with us.

I think that the best and the most attractive set shows different myths and mythological creatures is the set designed by the Greek artist Dimitrios Biskinis (1891-1947 ) and issued by Greece on November 10, 1935. Here is the complete set on a cover sent registered from Thessaloniki:

At least four of the stamps show winged mythological creatures including winged Dragons (30D. shows Triptolemos):