Georgia
Dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, fossil of prehistoric human on stamps of Georgia
Georgia is a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia.
Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the
west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia,
to the south by Turkey
and Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan.
The capital and largest city is Tbilisi. Georgia covers a territory of 69,700 square
kilometres, and its population is about 4 million.
Georgia is a unitary, semi-presidential republic, with the government elected
through a representative democracy. [R1]
The first stamps of Georgia as the Democratic Republic of Georgia were issued on 26 May 1919. A further series was issued in 1921. From 1924 until 1993 stamps of the Soviet Union were used in Georgia following the absorption of the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic into the U.S.S.R. Following the fall of the Soviet Union, Georgia became independent again in April 1991 and issued stamps in its own name from 31 July 1993. Unlike other ex-Soviet republics, Georgia did not overprint Soviet stamps to meet their postal needs after independence, although a number of overprints were carried out on Georgian stamps in 1994. [R2]
Notes:
[1] Mirrored issue of stamps from 1995 - "Prehistoric animals" (II).
[2] There are several Mini-Sheet variations with errors at its.
Dr. Peter Voice from Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Western Michigan University, for reviewing the draft page and his valuable comments.
The first stamps of Georgia as the Democratic Republic of Georgia were issued on 26 May 1919. A further series was issued in 1921. From 1924 until 1993 stamps of the Soviet Union were used in Georgia following the absorption of the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic into the U.S.S.R. Following the fall of the Soviet Union, Georgia became independent again in April 1991 and issued stamps in its own name from 31 July 1993. Unlike other ex-Soviet republics, Georgia did not overprint Soviet stamps to meet their postal needs after independence, although a number of overprints were carried out on Georgian stamps in 1994. [R2]
Official stamps of Georgia related to Paleontology: dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, early humans, fossils
| 12.05.1995 "Dinosaurs" (I) | 05.12.1995 "Prehistoric animals" (II) | 24.04.1996 "Dinosaurs" |
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| 23.12.1998 "Prehistoric animals" [1] | 25.04.2003 "First European" | |
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Notes:
[1] Mirrored issue of stamps from 1995 - "Prehistoric animals" (II).
[2] There are several Mini-Sheet variations with errors at its.
References
- [R1] Georgia: Wikipedia WikiTravel FlagCounter
- [R2] Postal History and Philately of Georgia:
Wikipedia
Links to official website of the Post Authority, stamp catalog and a list of new stamps of Georgia are here
Acknowledgement
Dr. Peter Voice from Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Western Michigan University, for reviewing the draft page and his valuable comments.