Description of Paleophilatelie.eu website

Once I restarted my collection in 2010, I tried to find some catalog or a website that list all Paleontology related stamps and postmarks.
The only printed catalog I found, was Domphil from 2002 - good but outdated as many new stamps were issued since it was printed. The handful of thematic websites I found on the internet, provided very basic information such as: title, date of issue and catalog number. Some had only small images of the samples or others none at all. The lack of images or the small size made it difficult to identify specific stamps in my collection. Moreover, none of the websites provided more detail on the prehistoric animal portrayed or on the background of the issue itself.

To fill out the gap and to be able to share the information with other collectors, this website was created on October 2010.

The first page of Paleophilatelie website.

The very first pages of this website were two tables, created in MS-Word, that provided an overview of all kinds of available stamps in the prehistoric theme.
Just filling out albums with stamps and covers is boring to me. I always try to study the stories behind them and find out as much as information as possible about every new purchase.
As soon as I get some information about stamps listed in these tables, I started to create description pages and link it in the tables.
The development history of Paleophilatelie.eu website can be seen in the Internet Archive of Wayback Machine, were many backups (156 backup available at the end of 2020) were made, since June 2011.
Note: The backups of Paleophilatelie.eu were made by the Wayback Machine, were made not by the time when Paleophilatelie website was updated, but by the time Paleophilatelie website was crawled by the Wayback Machine engine.

Today, in February 2022, Paleophilatelie website contain 739 pages and over 13.000 images.

The Main pages of Paleophilatelie website include:

• Stamp Catalog - available in two variants: Country name and Chronological (year by year) order.
• Description pages of stamps with direct connection to Paleontology - stamps depicting dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals and plants, fossils and paleontologists.
• Description pages of stamps with indirect connection to Paleontology - stamps depicting fossil-found places, Natural History Museums with significant collection of fossils and contributors to Paleontology or Paleoanthropology science.
• Image galleries of stamps, FDC, postmarks and postally used covers. Scans of almost 6.000 items can be seen there, mostly in high resolution.
• Exhibits Room - philatelic exhibitions of fellow collectors.
• Collection of Paleophilately related Articles.

Topical pages of Paleophilatelie website include:

• Milestones of Paleontology related Philatelic items. List of the first: stamp, FDC, postal stationery etc. depicting prehistoric animals, dinosaurs, paleontologists. This page used sources of several articles from international philatelic magazines.
• Paleontologists on stamps and other philatelic items such as postmarks, meter-frankings, commemorative covers etc.
• Contributors to Paleontology: scientists who made significant influence on the establishment of Paleontology science, famous fossil collectors, Museum founders and Curators, etc.
• Paleontologic museums on stamps, covers and other philatelic items.
• Paleontologic fossil sites on stamps and other philatelic items.
• Paleoanthropologists on stamps and other philately related items such as postmarks, meter-frankings, commemorative covers etc.
• Contributors to Paleoanthropology: scientists who made significant influence on establishment of Paleoanthropology science, famous fossil collectors, museums founder, etc.
• Paleoanthropologic museums on stamps, covers and other philatelic items.
• Paleoanthropologic fossil sites on stamps and other philatelic items.

Link exchange: I'm open to exchange a link with other Philately or/and Paleontology related websites.
In case you like to add a link to Paleophilatelie website you might like to use one of the logo images or QR Codes.
Preferred description text is:
"Paleophilatelie is the most comprehensive resource about Paleontology and Paleoanthropology in Philately, the place where Paleontology and Paleoanthropology meets Philately".

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