Chad
Dinosaurs, prehistoric animals, fossils prehistoric human, Charles Darwin on stamps and postmarks of Chad
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Chad (French: République du Tchad), is a landlocked country in Central Africa.
It is bordered by
Libya to the north, Sudan to the east,
the
Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria
to the southwest and
Niger to the west.
It is the fifth largest country in Africa in terms of area.
Chad has several regions: a desert zone in the north, an arid Sahelian belt
in the centre and a more fertile Sudanian Savanna zone in the south.
Lake Chad, after which the country is named, is the largest wetland in
Chad and the second-largest in Africa.
N'Djamena, the capital, is the largest city.
Chad is home to over 200 different ethnic and linguistic groups.
Arabic and French are the official languages.
Islam and Christianity are the most widely practiced religions.
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Regular mail service in Chad began soon after the French occupation of the area, with a post
office established at Fort-Lamy in 1905.
The first of Chad issued in 1959 right after the country get independence from
France.
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Official stamps of Chad related to Paleontology: dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, fossils, Charles Darwin
20.09.1966 "Tchadanthropus uxoris" [1] |
15.10.1996 "Dinosaurs", "Minerals" |
xx.xx.1997 "Dinosaur" [2] |
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06.02. 1998 "Cat and Dogs", [3]
12.11. 1998 "Dinosaurs",
11.12. 1998 "Fossils and Cave Painting",
11.12. 1998 "Prehistoric humans"
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27.12.2001 "Dinosaurs", "Fossils" |
30.10.2001 Charles Darwin
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19.07.2005 "Sahelanthropus tchadensis" [4] |
05.12.2012 "Scouts and Nature" |
14.01.2014 "Charles Darwin and Jacques Cousteau" |
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27.03. 2017 "Dinosaurs"
10.07. 2017 "135 th memorial anniversary of Charles Darwin (1809–1882)"
20.09. 2017 "Dinosaurs"
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30.03. 2020 "Dinosaurs"
30.03. 2020 "Fossils"
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Notes:
[1] Skull of prehistoric human:
Home erectus,
Tchadanthropus uxoris.
[2] Overprint of stamps from 1996 with "Hong Kong ’97 exhibition" text and logo
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Proailurus (prehistoric carnivore that lived in Europe and
Asia approximately 25 million years ago ) and
Pseudaelurus (prehistoric cat that lived in Europe, Asia and North America in the
Miocene between approximately 20 and 8 million years ago) on the top margin of the "Cats" mini sheet
[4] Hominid skull of Toumai (
Sahelanthropus tchadensis)
Other stamps of Chad to consider: contributors to Paleontology.
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Notes:
[O1] The mini sheets are part of big set of "famous persons".
George de Buffon
(1707-1788), he envisioned the nature of science and understood the roles of paleontology, zoological geography, and animal psychology.
Carl Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as About this sound Carl von Linn ,
was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature uses in all
biology related sinces.
Commemorative postmarks of Chad related to Paleontology: fossils.
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19.07.2005 "Sahelanthropus tchadensis" [FDC] [5] |
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