Dresden Zoo Mandrill Monkey Zoology Art Rare German FDC Postcard

TS450 A rare opportunity to secure this 1986 origin specialist German first day cover of this 125 Years of Dresden Zoo: Mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) accompanied by the special souvenir stamp with its first day of issue limited edition commemorative frank and with accompanying information on reverse unused and mint.

Designed by graphic artist Hilmar Zill and issued on 22 April 1986 to commemorate the 125th anniversary of Dresden Zoo, this miniature natural-history composition architecture exemplifies late twentieth-century zoological illustration. Rendered with disciplined anatomical sensitivity, the artwork portrays the distinctive olive-green coat and vivid, multi-coloured facial patterns of the mandrill, celebrating one of Germany's oldest municipal zoological institutions, founded in 1861.