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Post by paleophilatelist on Sept 3, 2013 8:04:57 GMT
On commemoration of Indian Geological Survey centenary on 13th January 1951 Indian Postage released The stamp shows two individuals of Stegodon ganesa, the first ever reconstruction of a prehistoric animal on a stamp.It was valued 2 Anas.Ana the olden Indian coin was in use before 1956. In 1956 Indian Government introduced Paise the hundredth fraction of Rupee the currency.16 Anas are equal to One Rupee. An FDC envelope with these stamp has been issued as well. P.S. more about milestones of paleontology related post-items is here: www.paleophilatelie.eu/stamps_milestones.html
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Post by rod222 on Sept 3, 2013 8:15:54 GMT
Lovely scans Paleo. Welcome to the forum. Not sure I can offer much I collect Romania, so, Palaeolithic Cave Painting. 2001 SG6206 (2001) T1361 2400 Lei Palaeolithic cave painting
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Post by paleophilatelist on Sept 3, 2013 8:32:40 GMT
There are quite some stamps of Romania related to the topic. My favourite set is - "Dinosaurs from Tara Hategului" issued in 2005 Tara Hategului lies between the Retezat Mountains and the Sureanu Mountains and it is well renowned for the beauty of its landscapes, but also for its archaeological and hystorical vestiges, its old churches and its folk traditions. The traces of several dinosaurs species discovered here add a certain special interest to this land. The dinosaurs from Tara Hategului are famous all around the world and they also appear in the documentaries of the Discovery TV channel due to some peculiar aspects: they made up a last community of herbivorous and carnivorous dinosaurs, just before the final disappearance of those animals, 65 million years ago. Further more, all the species of this fauna were smaller in size compared to their relatives from other European regions. It was this specific feature, unique throughout the world, that drew them the name of "the Liliputian dinosaurs of Transylvania". Their small dimension can be explained by the environment they lived in - an island about the size of Corsica, surrounded by ocean. Giant reptiles flew above the Liliputian dinosaurs, as a biological paradox which increases the scientific interest raised by this fossil fauna from Tara Hategului. The places were the bones and the nests with eggs were discovered lie near Sarmizegetusa Ulpia Traiana, in the neighborhood of the Densus and Ru de Mori churches, of the Colt Castle and of the Retezat National Parc, this entire mirific region of the country being at present part of a special protected area: The Geoparc of the Tara Hategului Dinosaurs. Read more here: www.paleophilatelie.eu/description/stamps/romania_2005.html
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Post by rod222 on Sept 3, 2013 11:05:46 GMT
Rhamphorhynchus: "beak snout", is a genus of long-tailed pterosaurs in the Jurassic period. Less specialized than contemporary, short-tailed pterodactyloid pterosaurs such as Pterodactylus, it had a long tail, stiffened with ligaments, which ended in a characteristic diamond-shaped vane. The jaws of Rhamphorhynchus housed needle-like teeth, which were angled forward, with a curved, sharp, beak-like tip lacking teeth, indicating a diet mainly of fish and insects. Although fragmentary fossil remains possibly belonging to Rhamphorhynchus have been found in England, Tanzania, and Spain, the best preserved specimens come from the Solnhofen limestone of Bavaria, Germany. Many of these fossils preserve not only the bones but impressions of soft tissues such as wing membranes. Scattered teeth believed to belong to Rhamphorhynchus have been found in Portugal as well. Aden Protectorate : Quaiti State in Hadhramaut Rhamphoryncus
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Post by paleophilatelist on Sept 3, 2013 11:09:11 GMT
cool thanks for sharing Here is a philatelic presentation " Pterosaurs" sent to me by fellow collector. Slides are on German, I had some time to translate some of them, but not all. Anyway there are quite some nice images to see. Faceebok members are welcome to see my photo album " Solnhofen" with some images I made at my visit at fossil museum, last summer.
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Post by rod222 on Sept 3, 2013 11:27:26 GMT
Arab Republic of Western Sahara. 1992 Ankylosaurus.
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Post by paleophilatelist on Sept 3, 2013 11:40:46 GMT
Likely Cinderella
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Post by paleophilatelist on Sept 3, 2013 12:29:43 GMT
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Post by rod222 on Sept 3, 2013 12:57:50 GMT
Michael, at the back of the Bulletin, there is an order sheet, Overseas customers are charged $9 AUD for processing.
Email them ASAP, so you know where you stand. Email me if you have problems.
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Post by rod222 on Sept 3, 2013 13:01:45 GMT
Possibly. Here at TSF, we post all and sundry, the complete Philatelic democracy. If you wish your thread only to contain official emmissions, please advise, and I shan't post Cinderella or ephemera.
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Post by paleophilatelist on Sept 3, 2013 13:01:55 GMT
Thanks. You mean it's some useful to read whole Bulletin, not just a few pages in a front lol
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Post by paleophilatelist on Sept 3, 2013 13:08:52 GMT
Possibly. Here at TSF, we post all and sundry, the complete Philatelic democracy. If you wish your thread only to contain official emmissions, please advise, and I shan't post Cinderella or ephemera. You can post what ever you want. However, in order to not confuse inexperience members please mention "Cinderella and ephemera", to let people to think twice if they need to purchase this kind of "stamps". Some young collector who buy some colourful Cinderella or ephemera stamps without to be aware about it real philatelic value might by highly disappointed later on, and even stamp collect stamps at all. Personally, I avoid this kind of "stamps", moreover I distinguish between "good" and "bad" stamps listed in official stamp catalogues such as Michel, Scott, SG.... I call it " Undesired/Pseudo stamps" and put it on grey background. Good stamps have a black background on my siteI would prefer to see here some real stamps only. Let's provide some road map to less experience members between us. There are enough real stamps of the topic.
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Post by paleophilatelist on Sept 3, 2013 14:31:36 GMT
Here the dinosaur stamps of UK issued in 1991 "150th Anniversary of Dinosaurs' Identification by Owen"In August 1991 Royal Mail issued a set of 5 stamps in order to commemorate great British paleontologist Sir Richard Owen who entered the world "Dinosaur" in English language in 1841. He coined the name for a lecture to the British Association Advancement of Science on Friday 30th July 1841. Dinosaur fossils had been disicovered many centuries earlier, but it took the genius of Richard Owen, the best comparative anatomist of the time, to unlock some of the mysteries of these early finds, which consisted only of odd teeth and bones. Owen was particularly struck by the fact that three types (Megalosaurus, Iguanodon and Hylaeosaurus) were not only very large, but had bodies designed (so he thought) rather like those of massive modern mammals such as elephants and rhinoceroses. Professor Owen named these three species dinosaurs to suggest that they were the most remarkable type of reptile to walk the ancient earth. We now know that Owens view of dinosaurs as elephantine reptiles was wrong, but he was absolutely right about how truly remarkable these creatures were. The idea of commemorate Owen's Dinosauria was suggested by British paleontologist & professor of Geology & Zoology and popularizer of science - Lambert Beverly Halstead (13 June 1933 - 30 April 1991). His idea got a wide support from many leading scientist of Geology and Paleontology. After the theme was accepted by Royal Mail, four designers (Mrs. Jenny Halstead, John Larkin, Christopher Wormall and Bryan Kneale) asked to produce some stamps draft. The draft of Mr. Bryan Kneale is selected by Design Department of Royal Mail and Stamps Advisory Commitee. Read more about these stamps here: www.paleophilatelie.eu/description/stamps/uk_1991.html
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Post by paleophilatelist on Sept 4, 2013 8:17:06 GMT
It is not often one sees a postally used stamp from C.A.R. It has a legitimate the following set. Last years they print out stamps in huge quantities on every possible thematic without any relation to local culture an history. Seems like in 1988 it was still differently - regular stamps of dinosaurs. Glad to remove this set from my list of " PSEDO-Stamps"
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Post by paleophilatelist on Sept 4, 2013 10:53:22 GMT
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Post by paleophilatelist on Sept 4, 2013 11:37:31 GMT
BTW, some times ago, Russian philatelic magazine " Мир Марок" (Stamp's World), published my first article "Paleontology in Philately" Russian reading visitors of the forum can read the original, either on my or the magazine websites. Googlish is an alternative to other. The article is based on " Milestones of paleontology related post-items" page of my site and provide some overview of development of Paleontology related Philately.
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Sept 4, 2013 15:42:09 GMT
I probably live in fossil ripe area.I know these mountains are extremely old.Often thought I'd like to try my hand at panning for gold here but never heard of anyone trying that locally.
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Post by paleophilatelist on Sept 6, 2013 9:57:27 GMT
On 5th of June 2012, Post Authority of Turkeey issued a stamp set " World environment day (Dinosaurs)" . The set is a mini-sheet of 4 stamps. Additional, souvenir book with one more plastic Lenticular (3D hologram) stamp and several post cards are printed out. The Lenticular stamp, depict running T-Rex is the first Lenticular stamp depicted dinosaur on it. Even though it sold with the booklet only is a valid post stamp, and can be used for postage.
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Post by paleophilatelist on Sept 16, 2013 14:31:09 GMT
Fossil bones of extinct reptiles that inhabited southern Africa around 200 million years ago are found in the Karoo rocks of Transkei. This set of stamps shows reconstructions of four of these prehistoric vertebrates in their natural habitats, based on the available fossil evidence. The Karoo rocks comprise cemented sand and mud originally laid down by large meandering rivers that flooded their banks and in the process buried numerous skeletons of ancient reptiles that lived and died on the flood plains, including dinosaurs. At that time, southern Africa was part of an enormous continent called Gondwana, which later drifted apart to form the current continents of the southern hemisphere. Consequently, similar fossils can be found in India, Antarctica and South America. The Karoo rocks contain the best fossil record in the world of the gradual evolution from reptiles through the mammal-like reptiles to the first mammals, which took place in southern Africa some 200 million years ago.
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Post by paleophilatelist on Oct 2, 2013 10:04:54 GMT
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What I collect: Cinderellas and some Ephemera from Great Britain, France and Israel plus a few beautiful bits from elsewhere !! Topical interests include Flags & Judaica, the latter with an emphasis on the Jewish National Fund.
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Post by Londonbus1 on Oct 2, 2013 12:50:32 GMT
On the Royal Mail order form there are 6 upright columns. The first is for the item description, the second is for the format [if required]. Here you write gutter pair. If there is the possibility of both Vertical or Horizontal [as in the HV castles] you write vertical or Horizontal. Then you write the value of the gutter pair [not the single]. Then you send it off !! Hope this helps. Londonbus
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Post by paleophilatelist on Oct 2, 2013 14:32:37 GMT
What is "On the Royal Mail order form" ? Do you refer to web site or any kind of printed form ?
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Post by Londonbus1 on Oct 2, 2013 17:23:50 GMT
What is "On the Royal Mail order form" ? Do you refer to web site or any kind of printed form ? This is on the printed order form but if you wish to order any other way, just state what you need. I used to order gutter pairs by telephone, no problem.
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Post by marius on Oct 4, 2013 21:39:51 GMT
Not quite valid for postage (I have a few on covers - just not scaned) but I think they fit the topic nicely
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Post by paleophilatelist on Oct 5, 2013 11:02:36 GMT
"Agartha (sometimes Agartta, Agharti, Agarta or Agarttha) is a legendary city that is said to reside in the earth's core. It is related to the belief in a hollow earth and is a popular subject in esotericism." from Wikipedia.
Even if you have some covers with these "stamps", it's play a decoration purpose only. Last stamp, with face value of 1, is an exact copy of MS issued in Australia in 1993. Design of other stamps seems also not unique to me, I guess it is are reprioduction of images of Zdenek Burian.
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Post by paleophilatelist on Oct 7, 2013 20:24:17 GMT
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Post by Ryan on Oct 7, 2013 23:15:22 GMT
Your scan of the Qantassaurus gutter pair shows a difference between the two stamps - the shadow on the rock is much darker on the bottom stamp. Is the stamp actually like this, or is it just a scanner problem? Ryan
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Post by paleophilatelist on Oct 8, 2013 7:03:38 GMT
just am image editing problem
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Post by Ryan on Oct 10, 2013 11:31:28 GMT
On a recent search through my Croatian stamps I found this nice pair showing the Iguanodon. (Note - this Wikipedia article is very detailed and has received a bronze star as one of Wikipedia's feature articles.) Ryan
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Post by I.L.S. on Oct 10, 2013 12:19:22 GMT
I probably live in fossil ripe area.I know these mountains are extremely old.Often thought I'd like to try my hand at panning for gold here but never heard of anyone trying that locally. Do not let that discourage you! That does not mean that there isn't gold there it only means you'll possibly get more! I'm serious if you prospect the inner and outer curves of your local creeks and rivers you may be pleasantly pleased at your results! Good luck friend.
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