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Post by paleophilatelist on Jun 23, 2014 13:56:13 GMT
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Post by paleophilatelist on Jun 21, 2014 20:35:12 GMT
Today I received Nepal 2013 set. There are some blue lines on front and back of each samp. I was thinking there are some pencil tracks, but seller claim it is security protection. "Please note that the marks are not pencil marks but visible fiber security marks that were placed on the stamps as a security measure. These fiber marks appear on most all stamps, both on the front and back. You can view this information on the Technical details on the back of the FDC ( Point No.5)." Technical details on a back side of FDC have the follow statemen ( Point No.5)t: "Paper: security stamps paper UV dull with visible & invisible fibres & phosphorescent dots." What is your opinion ?
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Post by paleophilatelist on Jun 20, 2014 14:54:53 GMT
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Post by paleophilatelist on Jun 12, 2014 20:50:10 GMT
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Post by paleophilatelist on May 8, 2014 20:46:16 GMT
Most recent stamp of Darwin issued end of March in Mongolia as a part of 6 value set "Famous Scientists"
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Post by paleophilatelist on Apr 27, 2014 20:53:07 GMT
Two personalized self adhesive stamps of Slovenia 2013, shows fossil and reconstruction of Mammoth found in 1938 near Kamnik city. First one issued by philatelic community of Kamnik on 29. 3. 2013 , the second one is issued by Prirodoslovni muzej Slovenije (Natural science museum of Slovenia) on 19. 9. 2013
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Post by paleophilatelist on Apr 12, 2014 20:37:12 GMT
On Monday, 14.04.2014, post of Canada is going to issue a stamp with fossil of Dinosaur. Royal Ontario Museum 100th Anniversary Torontonians, display some hometown pride for your beloved ROM, which turns 100 this year! The stamp on the left side of the mini-sheet, features a striking 11th-century Chinese statue in the foreground with the museum’s most famous dinosaur, the Parasaurolophus, in the background. These are just 2 of the more than 6 million items that make up the diverse collections of this world-class museum, one of the largest in North America. Urgently looking for somebody in Toronto, who can send me some covers with these stamps on Monday - first day of issue.
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Post by paleophilatelist on Apr 8, 2014 20:09:25 GMT
I proud to share with you my interview for Stamp Magazine issued in April 2014, illustrated by images of stamps and covers from my collection. Here is the first page, others can be seen on my site Images on the site have a bigger resolution - more convenient to read. On top of it I also put some comments there as well as some links on big size scan of each stamp and cover used in the article. Enjoy it !
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Post by paleophilatelist on Mar 2, 2014 13:32:29 GMT
Awesome come from Australia came to my post box just recently
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Post by paleophilatelist on Feb 26, 2014 10:25:09 GMT
3D post card from Hong Kong sent at the first day of stamps issue.
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Post by paleophilatelist on Feb 17, 2014 15:43:06 GMT
Who knows about feature issues of the "Paleo" stamps this year ? So far I'm aware about dinosaur stamps of Hong Kong are coming end of this month only. On August 31, exactly after 25 year, post authority of Indonesia is going to commemorate "125 years of Indonesian Paleoanthropology".
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Post by paleophilatelist on Feb 15, 2014 21:54:56 GMT
I received several answers, but nobody can say for sure what is that. Original text on the stamp says "Pterosaur fossil from Dooji valley". "Dooji valley" is located somewhere south in the Ryanggang Province of North Korea.
It is perhaps a new specie found by North-Korean paleontologist, but not known outside of the country.
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Post by paleophilatelist on Feb 14, 2014 13:44:26 GMT
Who knows about feature issues of the "Paleo" stamps this year ? So far I'm aware about dinosaur stamps of Hong Kong are coming end of this month only.
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Post by paleophilatelist on Feb 11, 2014 22:23:24 GMT
Another scans of FDC sent to me by a fellow collector I been told, these stamps issued by some private post organization without any special, just because it was very popular subject after issues of Jurassic Park film in 1993. Looking for some more information about these stamps from Netherlands 1994.
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Post by paleophilatelist on Feb 5, 2014 20:35:04 GMT
Hi Dave,
many thanks for detailed answer. Unfortunately I can not show you the backside because "A friend of mine sent me some scans of his FDC collection."
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Post by paleophilatelist on Feb 4, 2014 21:58:54 GMT
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Post by paleophilatelist on Feb 4, 2014 20:11:45 GMT
Here are two nice set of AU 2013 dinosaur stamps. Distinguished from 1993 in 2013 FDC with self adhesive stamps was produced. The only way to get it was to place a special order. Another FDCs are uses some gutter pairs.
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Post by paleophilatelist on Dec 27, 2013 21:50:09 GMT
A friend of mine sent me some scans of his FDC collection. Here are 13 covers from Japan, issued in 1977 in order to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the National Science Museum. Just wonder which one is official one ?"A POSTAGE STAMP TO CQMMEMORATE 100 YEARS OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE MUSEUM A ¥50 postage stamp to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the National Science Museum has been issued. The first museum in Japan was established at Yushima in Ochanomizu, Tokyo, in 1872. It then was called the Museum of the Ministry of Education and was designed to exhibit zoological and botanical specimen as well as various kinds of minerals and fossils. The name of the museum was later changed to the Tokyo Museum and in 1877 it made a fresh start as the Educational Museum. This is the origin of the present science museum. In June, 1949, under the law for the establishment of the Education Ministry, the museum was placed under the jurisdiction of the Education Minister. Its name was changed to the present National Science Museum. This year marks the 100th year since the museum made a start as the Educational Museum. The only museum of this kind in Japan. the National Science Museum makes research and studies of the history of nature and natural science. exhibits data related to the studies for public view and contributes to the diffusion of knowledge concerning the history of nature and natural science among the people." from official press release.
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Post by paleophilatelist on Dec 5, 2013 16:47:02 GMT
Two beautifull covers from Slovenia (scans are from internet, still miss it in my collection): The first one uses personalized stamp on it, the second one is from 1998, with a regular stamp. Both covers are produced by local philatelic club in order to commemorate an anniversaries of some mammoth bones found in Kamnik town in Slovenia. Do you have any similar stamps/cover at your collections ? I like to see some personalized stamps of Natural History Museums around the world. Few worlds about the Mammoth: In March and April 1938, an almost complete skeleton of a 40-year-old woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius), an antler of a reindeer (Rangifer tarandus), an atlas of a polar fox (Alopex lagopus), and a small Paleolithic tool made of almost black flint were found in Nevlje by workers who built a bridge across the Nevljica and deepened its bed.[8] It was the first discovered Paleolithic hunting settlement in the territory of the present Slovenia and was dated to around 20,000 BP, the time of the Gravettian culture in the latter half of the Würm period (the last glaciation period). The excavations attracted domestic and international public attention, researchers, and politicians. A bridge built at this spot was named the Mammoth Bridge (Slovene: Mamutov most). A pollen analysis was performed at the site for the first time by Ana Tregubov-Budnar, the first Slovenian palinologist. In 1944, she attributed the pollen to the end of an interglacial period. Later, it was shown by Alojz Šercelj that it actually belongs to the Würm glaciation. The mammoth skeleton is one of the best preserved in Europe and has become the symbol of the Natural History Museum of Slovenia, where it is now on display. a bit more details but on Slovenian: www.kamnican.si/pred-75-leti-v-nevljah-pri-kamniku-odkrili-okostje-mamuta/
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Post by paleophilatelist on Dec 4, 2013 9:55:16 GMT
Аlmost 100 scans are replaced on the page. There are over 700 images of stamps somehow related to Paleontology. As far I know there images of all stamps depicted prehistoric animals and fossils, paleontologist and Charles Darwin. Scans of some stamps of museums with Paleontologic exhibitions and fossil found sites are still missing. If you have some good scans of missed stamps - please share it wit me. Appreciate your help. P.S. big update of FDC's scans is coming soon.
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Post by paleophilatelist on Nov 26, 2013 14:41:51 GMT
Some days, may be weeks, the Post Authority of North Korea issued a set of 3 "stamps" depicted some fossils on it: As usual, all posible variations are availanle: imperforated, booklets, mini sheets, aerogramme, post card ..... Just wonder what kind of animal or may be even plant is depicted on the first (left) stamp. Is it bat, frog, fish .... ? What is Ditomopharangia ?
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Post by paleophilatelist on Nov 5, 2013 13:56:21 GMT
In 1999 Post Authority of Japan issued a set of two stamps depicted two Dinosaurs: Iguanodon (left) Dromaeosaurus (right). Stamps are printed in one MS 4x5 Similar stamp printed in booklet too 2x5 - the booklet stamps don't have perforation by sides Yesterday I came accross a Japanish web site about Geology, Minerals and to some extend about Paleontology too: www5e.biglobe.ne.jp/~ma-sa/ With a help of Google Translate I was able to navigate through. The site mention a Dinosaaur of Japan stamps wich are reprinted in 2006 - The only differences are: Name of Issuing Authority/Print Company on the bottom side of a MS; MS layout 2x5 stamps rather than 4x5. Anybody from Japan or other county who is able to help to receive the following dinosaur stamps from 1999 and 2006 ? I need either full Mini Sheets or at least the bottom side of it as on the image above.
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Post by paleophilatelist on Nov 4, 2013 20:25:23 GMT
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Post by paleophilatelist on Oct 24, 2013 8:03:51 GMT
Looking for some information about prehistoric animals ("dinosaurs") stamps of Iraq. This stamps are issued in 2010, but is a very chaotic mixture of clumsily drawn species from very different periods and locations. Some of the stamps seems to be based on Burian and Zallinger images and represent very outdated scientific reconstruction of the creatures depicted on stamps. Just keen to know what was the motivation of Post of Iraq to issue this stamps ? Are any significant fossil found made in the country in the last time ? The design of this stamps seems to be very unusual for Iraq. Nice but slightly damaged register cover is shown on the following blog: my-philately.blogspot.de/2011/08/registered-cover-and-stamps-from-iraq.html another cover, FDC and MS can be seen on my page: www.paleophilatelie.eu/description/stamps/iraq_2010.html
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Post by paleophilatelist on Oct 22, 2013 9:28:00 GMT
A friend of mine, being on a business trip in UK, sent me 10 post cards shows most recent "dinosaurs" of Great Briatin. These cards, called PHQ, produced by Roayl Mail as part of standard product, have the same, but bigger, design as stamps. Each card I received has the similar stamp on the backside plus some other stamps to complete correct postage of p88. Two often cards with some flying reptilies are below. [Broken image links removed]
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Post by paleophilatelist on Oct 21, 2013 14:08:17 GMT
Friend of mine, sent me a letter on the first day of issue of latest British dinosaur stamps. Shame about the bottom right sticker. Moreover it is a failure of postman. "Delivery Confirmation" (eng. ) = "Einschreibem Einwurf" (germ.) means - the post man should confirm he put the letter into mailbox of recepient. Recepient confirmation/signature is not required. Probably he didn't realized when came to our home at our absence, put the sticker and bring the letter back to a post office.
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Post by paleophilatelist on Oct 17, 2013 11:32:39 GMT
Just on the next day after official issue, I received addressed FDC from Royal Mail. It's arrived inside of another cover - perhaps for better protection. Now puzzled if the FDC acn be count as real circukated one ? The sort-machine sign (orange dotted line) is stay on the wrapper cover rather than FDC itself. The FDC is also include an inside page with some brief description about dinosaurs depicted on the stamps
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Post by paleophilatelist on Oct 14, 2013 16:41:34 GMT
here two more covers from Vietnam
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Post by paleophilatelist on Oct 14, 2013 10:33:13 GMT
When I looked on both covers it seems a bit suspicious to me.
The first cover have some stamps with total value of VND 9700 (USD 0.46 about) Similar stamps on the second cover are not cancelled, but franking meter stamps of VND 43300 (USD 2 about). Due the fact both are sent from Vietnam this year, to Europe I assume it have to cost about the same amount of money.
Fortunately, I found some fellow collector from Vietnam who explained me what's going on.
In Vietnam sender can put some stamps on a cover, bring it to a post office, where a post clerk check correctness of the Porto, he write total price of the letter on the cover. Sender pay a missing part of the Porto, but the post clerk don't care to add any extra post stamp on the cover. Get a money, put tracking number label and send the letter. Due this reason quite some covers from Vietnam looks like underpaid.
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Post by paleophilatelist on Oct 11, 2013 15:41:57 GMT
Do you think it make sense to have the second cover in a cover collection ?
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