Paleophilatelie.eu
is a focal point
between Paleontology and Philately
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Michael Kogan, author of this website said:
"When I was 12-13 years old, I found my first fossil.
It was a tooth of a prehistoric fish in a piece of stone.
I took it to the Natural History Museum
where an employee explained to me what I had found.
It was astonishing, because in Lviv, the Ukrainian city, where I grew up,
there was no sea or even a river.
Prehistoric creatures began to occupy my imagination. I started to collect fossils,
mostly small shells, ammonites and belemnites.
As I have no place and budget to purchase skeletons of big prehistoric animals
I started to look for alternatives.
Postage stamps allowed me to create and maintain the Museum in Album."
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"Two Pence Blue" one of the first stamps in the world. |
People who interested in stamps collecting of the subjects related to this website: Paleontology and Paleoanthropology are welcome to join the "Paleophilately" Facebook group, created and run by author of this website.
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At the end of XIX it was possible to collect all world-wide stamps issued to date. |
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Maximum Card example. Algeria 1952 - the same Ammonite is shown on the postcard and on the stamp |
This website is dealing with representation of
Paleontology and Paleoanthropology topics
in philately.
“Paleophilatelie” topic can be split to smaller
sub-topics, such as: fossils, reconstruction of prehistoric animals,
paleontoogists, etc..
Some people collect stamps of dinosaurs, others collect fossils,
Ice Age Fauna or human evolution only.
Some people collect mint stamps
other collect First Day Covers or Maxi Cards only.
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Example of stamp catalogues |
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Example of updates about new stamps related to Biology topics from “Biophilately” magazine. |
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Stamp Album (above) versus Stock Book (below). Many more stamps can be stored on one page of the stock book and both sides of the page can be used to store stamps. |
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Covers Box
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A watermark is a security measure, akin to a hidden signature,
that helps prevent counterfeiting.
These marks are created during the papermaking process,
often involving a variation in thickness or density of the paper,
which can be seen when held up to light.
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Watermarks on the reverse side of Brontosaurus stamp of San Marino 1965 are visible with naked eye. | Watermarks on the reverse side of Ammonite stamp of the British Antarctic Territory 1990 are visible under artificial light of watermark detector device. |
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Souvenir-Sheet of Indonesia under UV lamp |
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Souvenir-Sheet issued by Indonesian Post for the Asian Stamp Exhibition and Competition in Jakarta,
which took place between July 3 and 7, 2024. Left: the Souvenir-Sheet under regular light. Middle and Right: the Souvenir-Sheet under UV light. |
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