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Afars and Issas / Djibouti
Flint tool and prehistoric animals of stamps of Afars and Issas
Fossils, dinosaurs, prehistoric animals on stamps and postmarks of Djibouti

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Contents:

• Country overview
• Philately at Afars and Issas / Djibouti
• Some stamps of Afars and Issas to consider
• Official stamps of Djibouti related to Paleontology and Paleoanthropology
• Commemorative postmarks of Djibouti related to Paleontology
• References

The French Territory of Afars and Issas (French: Territoire français des Afars et des Issas) was the name given to present-day Djibouti between 1967 and 1977, while it was still a colony of France.
In antiquity, the territory was part of the Land of Punt. Nearby Zeila (now in Somalia) was the seat of the medieval Adal and Ifat Sultanates. In the late 19th century, the colony of French Somaliland was established following treaties signed by the ruling Somali and Afar sultans with the French and its railroad to Dire Dawa (and later Addis Ababa) allowed it to quickly supersede Zeila as the port for southern Ethiopia and the Ogaden. It was subsequently renamed to the French Territory of the Afars and the Issas in 1967.
A decade later, the Djiboutian people voted for independence. This officially marked the establishment of the Republic of Djibouti, named after its capital city. ^[R1]


There are no stamps of Afars and Issas that directly feet to Paleontology thematic, but the following three issues might be of interest for some collectors: first two sets shows some flint tools, belongs to Archeology study. The third set shows some modern shells. Stylized Trilobite and Ammonite are shown on stamp with face value of 10F (top-right stamp). ^[R2]

Some stamps of Afars and Issas to consider: flint tools, stylized fossils

16.03. , 07.09. 1973 "Archeologic discovery" (flint tools)		21.01.1975 "Shells" [1]

Notes:
[1] Stylized ammonite and trilobite are depicting on stamp with face value of 10F

Official stamps of Djibouti related to Paleontology: fossils, dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals

12.11.1990 "Fossils"	05.05.2016 "Dinosaurs" 26.09.2016 "Extinct animals" 26.09.2016 "Prehistoric aquatic animals"	30.01.2017 "Dinosaurs''' 15.03.2017 "135 anniversary of Charles Darwin" 05.07.2017 "Extinct animals" 11.12.2017 "Prehistoric water animals" 11.12.2017 "Dinosaurs"
05.05.2017 "Dinosaurs"	15.03.2018 "Extinct animals" 12.06.2018 "Dinosaurs" 27.07.2018 "Prehistoric water animals"	14.03.2019 "Prehistoric water animals" 12.06.2019 "Dinosaurs" 27.08.2019  "Flying Dinosaurs" 12.12.2019 "Dinosaurs"
27.02.2020 "Dinosaurs"

Commemorative postmarks of Djibouti related to Paleontology: fossils of prehistoric animals

12.11.1990 "Fossils" [FDC]

Legend:
[FDC] - Post Marks used on FDC of official stamp
[PM] - Permanent postmark: available for a long period of time
[Sp] - Special postmark: issued for special event and was available for short period of time
[N] - new design of early introduced postmarks

References

[R1] More information about Afars and Issas and Djibouti are on Wikipedia
[R2] Links to Djibouti's post authority and stamps catalog websites are here

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