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El Salvador
Fossils, prehistoric animals on stamps and postmarks of el Salvador
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El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. El Salvador's capital and largest city is San Salvador. As of 2015, El Salvador had a population of approximately 6.38 million, making it the most densely populated country in the region. Its population consists largely of Mestizos of European and Indigenous American descent. [R1]
The first stamps of El Salvador were issued in 1867, printed by the American Bank Note Company. From the 1950s onwards, the country started to commission stamps in Europe and also to produce them locally. In recent years, the printing has been mostly done by the Direccion General de Servicios Graficos (the government printing house in San Salvador) and the subjects depict a combination of events of worldwide importance with local personalities or commemorations. [R2]
Official stamps of El Salvador related to Paleontology: fossils, prehistoric animals
| 07.09.1979 "Prehistoric Fauna from El Salvador" | 26.07.2006 "Fossils from El Salvador " | |
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| 30.10.1983"100 anniversary of Guzman National Museum" [A1] | ||
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Notes:
 [A1] In
1875,
Guzmán and Darío González organized an expedition of geological
investigation into residues of the Los Frailes River, southwest of
Ilobasco. During this exploration, they discovered fossils
of Mastodon.
On October 9, 1883, on the initiative of Guzmán, president Rafael
Zaldívar opened the National Museum of El Salvador, to display the
national collections related to archaeology, history and fine arts.
Being responsible for its establishment and much of its content, Guzmán
became the first director of the museum |
Commemorative postmarks of El Salvador related to Paleontology: fossils
| 26.07.2006 "Fossils from El Salvador " [FDC] | ||
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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 El Salvador are on Wikipedia WikiTravel Flag Counter
[R2] More information about postal history El Salvador on Wikipedia
Links to El Salvador post authority and stamps catalog websites are here
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