Federal Republic of Germany
Dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, Neanderthal, fossils, fossil-found sites, paleontologists, paleoanthropologists and contributors to Paleontology and Paleoanthropology science, Charles Darwin, on stamps, postmarks and postal stationeries of Germany
Germany,
officially the Federal Republic of Germany (German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland or BRD).
The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin.
With about 82 million inhabitants, Germany is the most populous member state and the largest economy
in the European Union.
It is one of the major political powers of the European continent and a
technological leader in many fields.
Germany allows immigration
from abroad, and offers the
Germany citizenship by descent
program for Americans with German ancestry.
After 1945, Germany was divided by allied occupation, and evolved into two states:
East Germany (GDR/DDR) and West Germany (FRG/BRD), when West Berlin was a free city and political enclave surrounded by East Germany.
In 1990 Germany was reunified. [R1]
The main providers of post service [R2] were:
Fossils of Ichthyosaur, Pterosaur and prehistoric crocodile Mystriosaurus on postcards of Germany, Reichspost, 1890s to 1930s
The Skull of Temnodontosaurus trigonodon was discovered near castle (Schloss) Banz in South Germany in 1842. The skull is over 2m long and is the biggest Ichthyosaur skull discovered in Europe to date.
Fossils of Pterosaur and prehistoric crocodile Mystriosaurus were also discovered near the castle and shown on some of the postcards too.
Another example is the postcard of "Geo Saville" from Solingen with reconstruction of the Dinosaur Plateosaurus.
The issue date of the postcard is unknown, but it has to be no later than 1912, the postmark date on the postcard.
Plateosaurus lived during the Late Triassic period, around 214 to 204 million years ago, in what is now Central and Northern Europe.
Discovered in 1834 by Johann Friedrich Engelhardt and described three years later by Hermann von Meyer, Plateosaurus was the fifth named dinosaur genus that is still considered valid.
It is now among the dinosaurs best known to science: over 100 skeletons have been found, some of them nearly complete. The abundance of its fossils in Swabia, Germany, has led to the nickname Schwäbischer Lindwurm (Swabian lindwurm). [R3]
Unlike the Deutsche Post of the GDR, Deutsche Bundespost and Deutsche Bundepost Berlin
published first day pages (Ersttagblatt) instead of first day covers (FDC).
An Ersttagblatt is a thick A5 page with a stamp affixed and canceled on the front.
On the back of the page is some background information on the issue.
All FDCs with stamps issued by these postal authorities that are available on the market
were not produced by the Bundespost. Instead the FDCs are produced by stamp dealers,
philatelic clubs, societies or private individuals.
In more recent time, the Deutsche Post AG does produce some FDCs in limited quantities for subscribers of their “Deutschland Exclusive” service. These FDCs have the logo of Deutsche Post, unusually in the top-left corner and the “Deutschland Exclusive” label on the bottom right corner.
The Ersttagblatt are produced in mass quantities and can be purchased at the philatelic desk or online store of Deutsche Post.
Deutsche Post produces at least 2 commemorative postmarks for each issue. The first postmark is for Berlin, where the Federal Ministry of Finance is located. The second postmark is for Bonn, where the headquarters of the Deutsche Post are located. Usually, the Berlin postmark is used on the FDC, while the Bonn postmark is used on the Ersttagblatt.
Dealers, Organizations and Collectors who create their own FDCs can get their FDCs postmarked with the commemorative postmark up to 28 days after the issue was released.
Notes:
[1] Fossils from the Messel Pit.
The Messel Pit (German: Grube Messel) is a disused quarry near the village of Messel, about 35 km (22 mi) southeast of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Messel Pit was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site on 9 December 1995, due to many fossils with significant geological and scientific importance found there.
The Messel Pit provides many very well preserved fossils of Eocene flora and fauna (56 to 33.9 million years ago), sometimes even with "skin shadows" .
Three species are commemorated on stamps: prehistoric bat (Palaeochiropteryx) and prehistoric horse (Propalaeotherium) in 1978, prehistoric crocodile (Diplocynodon) in 1998.
There are also several postmarks of Germany that shows the landscape of Messel Pit and some fossils found there.
[2] The first pictorial Dinosaur stamp set of Deutsche Post. Issued in cooperation with the organization "For the Youth" (Für die Jugend).
These stamps are semi-postal, the value before "+" is the postage rate of a domestic postcard (45c), domestic small letter up to 20gr. (55c) and domestic big letter up to 500gr. (145c).
The value after "+" is a donation to "For the Youth" organization, who issued an extra set of FDC with single stamps from the mini sheet.
Two different, small covers were issued. These covers had 2 stamps from the set on each cover and a cachet depicting the skeleton of either Triceratops or Diplodocus.
One set of covers were canceled with the Berlin postmark, the other set with the Bonn postmark. The official FDC published by Deutsche Post was large enough to exhibit the entire canceled mini-sheet.
[3] The dinosaur skeleton on the foreground is Brachiosaurus (Giraffatitan) brancai
excavated by German paleontologist Werner Janensch between 1909 and 1911 at Tendaguru, Tanzania
(German colony in the time).
This specimen in the central exhibit in dinosaur hall, stands 13.27 meters tall and is the tallest mounted dinosaur skeleton in the world, as the Guinness Book of Records confirms.
The skeleton is mostly derived from one gigantic individual Brachiosaurus. A few tail bones (caudal vertebrae) were used to fill in the skeleton from another individual of that species.
The dinosaur lived 150 million years ago and fed on plants.
The name Brachiosaurus – lizard with arms – refers to its long arms. In 2007, visitors gave it its official nickname, Oskar.
A new scientific name was given to Brachiosaurus in 2009, when differences in the shape, size and proportions of the bones led to the distinction between a North American and an African Brachiosaurus species. Thus, Brachiosaurus brancai became Giraffatitan brancai. This is now the scientifically recognized name used by researchers. [R6]
This issue was released as both mint and self-adhesive versions. They both have a face value of the domestic postcard rate and were issued as mini-sheets with 10 stamps per sheet. The self-adhesive booklet has photos from the Natural History Museum of Berlin on the reverse side.
The self-adhesive stamp is smaller in size than the self-adhesive stamp. The same stamp was used on postal stationery, issued for the International Philatelic Trade Show in Sindelfingen that took place in October 2010.
Notes:
[LN1] Two stamps of the set show the Steppe mammoth (Mammuthus trogontherii, sometimes Mammuthus armeniacus) from collection of the Spengler Museum.
The Steppe mammoth was the first stage in the evolution of the steppe and tundra elephants and an ancestor of the woolly mammoth of later glacial periods. It is believed that the steppe mammoth had fur on the majority of its body (much like the woolly mammoths but slightly shorter) due to its living in regions such as Siberia.
The mammoth is the main attraction of the Spengler Museum. It was excavated between 1930 and 1933 in the gravel pit Edersleben by Gustav Adolf Spengler. It is a female specimen for which an age of 45 - 50 years is estimated. It lived before the Ice age about 500 000 years ago. [R4]
[LN2] On September 1st, 2008, la ocal post operator in Thueringen region issued a set of five stamps "Historical sites of Soemmerda region".
One of the stamps is dedicated to the excavation site Bilzingsleben.
This stamp was released in two versions – the versions can be differentiated by the different logo or size of the company name in the lower right corner.
Fossils had been found at the site as far as back as the 13th century.e
In 1908 geologist Ewald Wüst (1875-1934) of the University of Halle-Wittenberg published his first work on local flint artifacts. Amateur researcher Adolf Spengler took up work at the site in 1922.
In 1969 Dietrich Mania, later professor at the University of Jena, discovered numerous fossils and artifacts during a routine investigation. Under the auspices of the Halle State Museum of Prehistory a systematic excavation was launched in 1971 that lasted until 1992 during which 1,600 m2 were documented and several human fossils were unearthed.
In 1974 a piece of a human skull was identified among the finds. To date, 37 human bones and teeth have been found, mainly parts of the skull. They represent the remains of at least three individuals and have been classified as Homo erectus bilzingslebenensis by Emanuel Vlcek (Praha). The remains of the skulls show that they had been intentionally smashed postmortem, maybe as part of a burial rite. [R5]
[LN3] On February 1st 2017, private German post "Briefmarke und mehr" in cooperation with Natural History Museum in Muenster, issued a set of 6 stamps to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the museum. Issued in three self adhesive sheets, ten stamp each.
Triceratops are sculptures at the front of the museum. They also appeared on a commemorative postmark of Deutsche Post in 2011.
Velociraptor is from exhibition indoor.
The Bison and Triceratops stamps with face value of 60 cent were reprinted with new value of 70cent in November 2019.
[LN4] In 2019 local post company "Post Modern" who operate in Saxony (Sachsen), a state in eastern Germany, issued new definitive stamps with face values from 5 Euro-cent to 2.5 Euro that shows some major sightseeing sites of the region. Every self-adhesive stamp issued in a booklet of 10 with bigger images on a cover and postal rate table on the reverse side. 2.5 Euro is a price for Maximum letter, with weight between 501gr and 1kg.
One of these stamps shows a reconstruction of a sauropod from the Dinosaur park at Bautzen.
The park contain over 200 life-size figures of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals.
Many of these animals are presented in scenes to help visitors envision how these animals
lived and fought for survival in primeval times.
Notes:
[SP1] Plateosaurus is one of the first dinosaurs uncovered in Germany (1834) and one of the first dinosaurs known to the scientific community.
[SP2]
In 1856 remains of the skull and other skeletal parts of a "Urmenschenart" (prehistoric human) were found in the Neander Valley
near Duesseldorf.
Prof. Dr. Johann Carl Fuhlrott (1803 –1877) was the one who recognized them as the remains of a previously
unknown type of human,
which was then named after the site of discovery, Homo neanderthalensis, more commonly known as Neanderthal today.
The comparison with other finds of similar fossils showed that the Neanderthals lived from about 130,000
years ago to about 30,000 years ago.
Deutsche post issued commemorative stamp "150 years of discovery of Neanderthal" in 2009.
There is also a personalized stamp issued by the Neanderthal Museum in Mettmann. This museum opened its doors for the first time in 1937, a few hundred meters away from the site where these fossils were first discovered.
There are also some postmarks and meter franking issued by the museum in collaboration with German post.
[SP3] On September 11, 2022 UNESCO Global Geopark Thuringia Inselsberg – Drei Gleichen, in cooperation with Arbeitsgemeinschaft Bergbau und Geowissenschaften e. V., (Mining and Geosciences Working Group), issued the Mini-Sheet of 10 personalized stamps ("Briefmarken individuell" of Deutsche Post). These stamps were issued in th occasion of 20th anniversary of the Geopark. Every stamp have unique design related to the Geopark. Although the UNESCO Global Geopark Thuringia Inselsberg – Drei Gleichen is one of the smaller German geoparks with an area of about 700 km2, it is a place where big things happened in the past: here you can explore Pangaea, the supercontinent which existed for around 100 million years. You can also get to know some of the inhabitants of this continent, the tetrapods, on the Sauria Discovery Trail for example.
Notes:
[LNP1] This set of personalized stamps shows various life-size replicas of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals from Dinosaur park (Saurier) at Bautzen.
The only official stamp related to this park issued by private post company from Saxony region of Germany "Post Modern" in 2019.
[LNP2] The stamp with face value of domestic postcard, shows Mammoth hunting sculpture group from Irrgarten in Dinosaur park (Saurier) Kleinwelks in Bautzen city in Saxony region of Germany. As far as I know, only 30 stamps have been issued by philatelist from the region who had visited the park.
[LNP3] Self-adhesive personalized stamps "Treasures of German Paleontologic Museums (I)" issued by private Post Company "Brief und mehr" from Muenster in Germany. Both stamps have a rate of small domestic letter with weight up to 20gr.
One stamp of the set shows some fossils from Paleontologic Museum of Munich.
Fossilized skeleton of Gomphotherium (prehistoric elephant) is on the front of the stamp. The two skeletons on the right are from the dinosaur Plateosaurus and the reptile Prestosuchus chiniquensis.
Another stamp shows a reconstruction of the dinosaurs Lilienternus and Plateosaurus from an exhibit at the Natural History Museum of Stuttgart.
Notes:
[A1] Christian Senckenberg: naturalist, fossil collector
Johan Christian Senckenberg (1707 - 1772), was a German physician, naturalist and collector.
In 1763 he established the Senckenberg Foundation to support natural sciences.
The "Senckenberg Natural History Society supports the Senckenberg Museum. This museum is full of dinosaurs and is a cultural highlight of the Region. The Museum supports international research. The representations of the four selected dinosaurs on the Germany 2008 "for the young " block, reflect the current state of knowledge about these dinosaurs.
The Senckenberg-Museum exhibits the most extensive collection of dinosaurs throughout Germany. At least two members of the five main dinosaur groups are on display. An area of about 6.000 sqm invites you to marvel at some thousands of exhibits, some of them unique in the world, displayed in fascinating exhibits. Discover the universe and dive into prehistoric epochs - from the "big bang" up to the origin of our planet at the Museum.
[A2] Stylized Ammonite depicted on the stamp.
[A3] The Moselle is a river flowing through France, Luxembourg, and Germany. It is a left-bank tributary of the Rhine, which it joins at Koblenz.
A small part of Belgium is also drained by the Moselle through the Sauer and the Our. The Moselle "twists and turns its way between Trier and Koblenz along one of Germany's most beautiful river valleys."
It flows through a region that has been influenced by mankind since it was first cultivated by the Romans. Today, its hillsides are covered by terraced vineyards where "some of the best Rieslings grow", and numerous ruined castles dominate the hilltops above wine villages and towns that line the riverbanks.
Traben-Trarbach with its art nouveau architecture and Bernkastel-Kues with its traditional market square are two of the many popular tourist attractions on the Moselle river.
The present source region of the Moselle, were formed about 50 million years ago. In the Miocene and Pliocene epochs the ancient Moselle (Urmosel) was already a tributary of the ancient Rhine (Ur-Rhein). When, in the Quaternary period, the Rhenish Massif slowly rose, the meanders of the Moselle were formed between the Trier Valley and the Neuwied Basin. Many small marine fossils are found in the region. [R12]
There are no stamps with a direct connection to paleontology or paleoanthropology issued by West Berlin. Nor are there any stamps showing fossils or prehistoric animals. There are though some stamps that should be considered.
Notes:
[BA1] Alfred Lothar Wegener (1880 -1930) was a German scientist, geophysicist, and meteorologist. He is most notable for his theory of continental drift, proposed in 1912, which hypothesized that the continents were slowly drifting around the Earth. However, his hypothesis was not accepted until the 1950s, when numerous discoveries such as paleomagnetism confirmed his hypothesis of continental drift.
He used the similarity of fossil flora and fauna of the southern continents as a line of evidence for his supercontinent Pangaea.
[BA2] The Aquarium Berlin is one of Germany's largest aquariums, was built in 1913 as part of the Berlin Zoological Garden complex.
The inside and outside decorations were created by German artist Heinrich Harder, famous for his reconstruction of prehistoric animals. He decorated the interior rooms of the aquarium with majolica and mosaics with prehistoric and extinct animals. A life size sculpture of Iguanodon was placed in front of the entrance to the aquarium from the side of the zoological garden - originally planned and designed as a main entrance.
Since its opening the Zoo-Aquarium has been ranked among the public aquariums with the world’s greatest biodiversity. [R7]
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[PP1] Self-adhesive stamp of "Suedwest Mail" private postal company of Germany. The stamp issued on self adhesive sheet of 10 and shows a Mammoth figure carved from mammoth ivory of the Lonet Valley - 40,000 years of ice age It is only four centimeters in size and still a scientific and art-historical sensation - the ivory mammoth from the Vogelherdhöhle near Niederstotzingen in the Lonetal.
On August 1st, Suedwest Mail issued a folder with 4 stamps "40 000 years Ice age art, UNESCO heritage". This folder contains a mammoth figure stamp issued at the end of July and three new stamps: the Venus of the Hohle Fels cave, the horse of Vogelherd cave, the water bird of Hohle Fels cave. The lion man of the Hohlestein-Stadel cave is shown on the front page of the folder. All figurines are carved from of mammoth ivory.
[PP2] One of the stamps depicting Georgii Agricolae also called Georgius Agricola is considered the founder of geology as a discipline. His work paved the way for further systematic study of the Earth and of its rocks, minerals, and fossils.
Post stationery split in two categories:
Notes:
[PS1] The imprinted stamp is of the same design as stamp from 1998 and shows fossil of prehistoric crocodile (Diplocynodon) from Messel Pit.
[PS2] The imprinted stamp is one of four dinosaur stamps issued in Mini-Sheet earlier this year.
[PS3] The imprinted stamp is of the same design as stamp from 2010 and shows fossil of Brachiosaurus brancai excavated at Tendaguru, Tanzania.
[PS4] Trunks of petrified trees shown on cachet illustration of the pre-paid postcard. In 2003 Deutsche Post issued commemorative stamp with similar design.
[PS5] Pre-paid cover issued by German Youth Philatelist (Deutsche Philatelisten-Jugend) organization for Draw Dinosaur stamp (Mal eine Dino-Briefmarke) competition, that took place in 2007 and 2008 prior to issue of German dinosaur stamps in 2008. The Triceratops from Naturmuseum Senckenberg in Frankfurt am Main appeared on one the of the stamps and imprinted stamp of another postal stationery in 2008.
[PS6] The Senckenberg Nature Research Society is a German scholarly society with headquarters in Frankfurt am Main. The society was founded by Frankfurt citizens on 22 November 1817 on the initiative of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (one of the most famous German writer), and is named for the physician, naturalist, botanist and philanthropist Johann Christian Senckenberg (1707–1772). The Senckenberg Nature Research Society owns several research institutes and museums, such as the Naturmuseum Senckenberg in Frankfurt am Main with an extensive collection of Dinosaurs. [R8]
The Museum building, the skull of Triceratops and reconstruction of 'Lucy' (Australopithecus afarensis) are shown on left side of the cover.
The imprinted stamp is a reproduction of a mint stamp from 2007.
[PS7] Mammuthus primigenius from Siegsdorf is depicted on the imprinted stamp.
Reconstruction of the mammoth, that stands in front of the museum, shown on the cachet photo of the postcard.
The mammoth was a main fossil at the Fossil and Mineral trade show in Munich, was a subject for commemorative postmark of Deutsche Post and commemorative cover and postcard of Paleontology Museum of Munich.
[PS8] Mammoth carved from ivory bone. 32.000 years old, uncovered at Vogelherdhoehle in Lonet valley.
The same figure appeared on mint and self-adhesive stamp of local post company "Suedwest Mail" in 2017.
Legend is here
Due to large amount of such postmarks and meter franking they are listed in several groups:
Notes:
[C1] Fossil of cave bears are found in many caves across Germany
Nowadays both ammonites can be seen in LWL Natural History Museum of Muenster. The replica of these two ammonites can be seen in many museums around the world as well as in Seppenrade.
The town has the ammonite image on its coat as shown on another postmark from 1972. [R10]
Legend is here
Legend is here
Legend is here
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[CC1] Fossil of Foraminifera depicted on the postmark of J. Kalkoffen GmbH company from Saarbruecken
[CC2] - Dr. F. Krantz company established in 1833 and it is one of the oldest company which sales minerals, fossils and its replicas as well as some equipment for professional and amateur collectors
The logo of the company as depicted on the meter franking created for the 100th anniversary (1933) by former employee Dr. med. K. E. Busz and by the graphic artist K.M. Stucco drawn from Bonn Bad Godesberg .
The logo represents the three areas of an icosetrahedron (crystal form of a tourmaline in spherical form) placed on a plane.
Pyritohedron crystal depicted on the top, Ammonite on bottom-left and skull of the Neanderthal of La-Chapelle-aux Saints, on the right. The skull found in 1908, five years later, in 1913, Dr. Krantz purchased exclusive rights to create and sell replicas of the skull.
The skull also appeared on postmarks of France in 1977 and 1990.
Legend is here
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[VC1] Steffelstein is a village near Kloster Banz, only 5 km away. Ichthyosaurs depicted in the bottom-left corner.
[VC2] The postcard featuring the skull of an ichthyosaur is a photographic postcard..
Dr. Peter Voice from Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Western Michigan University, for reviewing the draft page and his valuable comments.
After 1945, Germany was divided by allied occupation, and evolved into two states:
East Germany (GDR/DDR) and West Germany (FRG/BRD), when West Berlin was a free city and political enclave surrounded by East Germany.
In 1990 Germany was reunified. [R1]
The main providers of post service [R2] were:
- the Reichspost (1871–1945)
- the Deutsche Post under Allied control (1945–1949)
- the Deutsche Post of the GDR (1949–1990)
- the Deutsche Bundespost (1949–1995), along with the Deutsche Bundespost Berlin (1949–1990)
- the Deutsche Post AG (since 1995)
Fossils of Ichthyosaur, Pterosaur and prehistoric crocodile Mystriosaurus on postcards of Germany, Reichspost, 1890s to 1930s
The Skull of Temnodontosaurus trigonodon was discovered near castle (Schloss) Banz in South Germany in 1842. The skull is over 2m long and is the biggest Ichthyosaur skull discovered in Europe to date.
Fossils of Pterosaur and prehistoric crocodile Mystriosaurus were also discovered near the castle and shown on some of the postcards too.
Another example is the postcard of "Geo Saville" from Solingen with reconstruction of the Dinosaur Plateosaurus.
The issue date of the postcard is unknown, but it has to be no later than 1912, the postmark date on the postcard.
Plateosaurus lived during the Late Triassic period, around 214 to 204 million years ago, in what is now Central and Northern Europe.
Discovered in 1834 by Johann Friedrich Engelhardt and described three years later by Hermann von Meyer, Plateosaurus was the fifth named dinosaur genus that is still considered valid.
It is now among the dinosaurs best known to science: over 100 skeletons have been found, some of them nearly complete. The abundance of its fossils in Swabia, Germany, has led to the nickname Schwäbischer Lindwurm (Swabian lindwurm). [R3]
Unlike the Deutsche Post of the GDR, Deutsche Bundespost and Deutsche Bundepost Berlin
published first day pages (Ersttagblatt) instead of first day covers (FDC).
An Ersttagblatt is a thick A5 page with a stamp affixed and canceled on the front.
On the back of the page is some background information on the issue.
All FDCs with stamps issued by these postal authorities that are available on the market
were not produced by the Bundespost. Instead the FDCs are produced by stamp dealers,
philatelic clubs, societies or private individuals.In more recent time, the Deutsche Post AG does produce some FDCs in limited quantities for subscribers of their “Deutschland Exclusive” service. These FDCs have the logo of Deutsche Post, unusually in the top-left corner and the “Deutschland Exclusive” label on the bottom right corner.
The Ersttagblatt are produced in mass quantities and can be purchased at the philatelic desk or online store of Deutsche Post.
Deutsche Post produces at least 2 commemorative postmarks for each issue. The first postmark is for Berlin, where the Federal Ministry of Finance is located. The second postmark is for Bonn, where the headquarters of the Deutsche Post are located. Usually, the Berlin postmark is used on the FDC, while the Bonn postmark is used on the Ersttagblatt.
Dealers, Organizations and Collectors who create their own FDCs can get their FDCs postmarked with the commemorative postmark up to 28 days after the issue was released.
Official stamps of Germany (Deutsche Post) related to Paleontology: fossils, dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, petrified forest, Neanderthal
| 13.07.1978 "Fossils" [1] | 20.08.1998"Word Heritage site: Messel Pit" [1] | |
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| 07.08.2003 "Petrified forest Chemnitz" | 10.08.2006 "Archeology in Germany: 150 years of discovery of Neandertaler" | 04.09.2008 "Dinosaurs" [2] |
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| 02.01.2010 "Bicentennial of Berlin Natural History Museum" (mint and self-adhesive) [3] | 11.08.2011 "150 years since discovery of Archaeopteryx" | |
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Notes:
[1] Fossils from the Messel Pit.The Messel Pit (German: Grube Messel) is a disused quarry near the village of Messel, about 35 km (22 mi) southeast of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Messel Pit was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site on 9 December 1995, due to many fossils with significant geological and scientific importance found there.
The Messel Pit provides many very well preserved fossils of Eocene flora and fauna (56 to 33.9 million years ago), sometimes even with "skin shadows" .
Three species are commemorated on stamps: prehistoric bat (Palaeochiropteryx) and prehistoric horse (Propalaeotherium) in 1978, prehistoric crocodile (Diplocynodon) in 1998.
There are also several postmarks of Germany that shows the landscape of Messel Pit and some fossils found there.
[2] The first pictorial Dinosaur stamp set of Deutsche Post. Issued in cooperation with the organization "For the Youth" (Für die Jugend).
These stamps are semi-postal, the value before "+" is the postage rate of a domestic postcard (45c), domestic small letter up to 20gr. (55c) and domestic big letter up to 500gr. (145c).
The value after "+" is a donation to "For the Youth" organization, who issued an extra set of FDC with single stamps from the mini sheet.
Two different, small covers were issued. These covers had 2 stamps from the set on each cover and a cachet depicting the skeleton of either Triceratops or Diplodocus.
One set of covers were canceled with the Berlin postmark, the other set with the Bonn postmark. The official FDC published by Deutsche Post was large enough to exhibit the entire canceled mini-sheet.
[3] The dinosaur skeleton on the foreground is Brachiosaurus (Giraffatitan) brancai
excavated by German paleontologist Werner Janensch between 1909 and 1911 at Tendaguru, Tanzania
(German colony in the time).This specimen in the central exhibit in dinosaur hall, stands 13.27 meters tall and is the tallest mounted dinosaur skeleton in the world, as the Guinness Book of Records confirms.
The skeleton is mostly derived from one gigantic individual Brachiosaurus. A few tail bones (caudal vertebrae) were used to fill in the skeleton from another individual of that species.
The dinosaur lived 150 million years ago and fed on plants.
The name Brachiosaurus – lizard with arms – refers to its long arms. In 2007, visitors gave it its official nickname, Oskar.
A new scientific name was given to Brachiosaurus in 2009, when differences in the shape, size and proportions of the bones led to the distinction between a North American and an African Brachiosaurus species. Thus, Brachiosaurus brancai became Giraffatitan brancai. This is now the scientifically recognized name used by researchers. [R6]
This issue was released as both mint and self-adhesive versions. They both have a face value of the domestic postcard rate and were issued as mini-sheets with 10 stamps per sheet. The self-adhesive booklet has photos from the Natural History Museum of Berlin on the reverse side.
The self-adhesive stamp is smaller in size than the self-adhesive stamp. The same stamp was used on postal stationery, issued for the International Philatelic Trade Show in Sindelfingen that took place in October 2010.
Official stamps of private post companies of Germany related to Paleontology: reconstructions dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, fossils of prehistoric animal and prehistoric humans
| 10.09.2003 "Spengler Museum" [LN1]
issued by "Suedharzer Stadt und Landkreiskurier" |
01.09.2008 "Excavation site Bilzingsleben" [LN2]
issued by "Thueringen bote" |
01.02.2017 "125 anniversary of Natural History Museum of Muenster (NHMM)" [LN3]
issued by NHMM and "Briefmarke und mehr" |
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| 25.06.2019 "Bautzen landscape" (definitive stamp)
issued by Post- Modern [LN4] |
21.11.2019 "Prehistoric times are alive" [LN3]
issued by "Briefmarke und mehr" |
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Notes:
[LN1] Two stamps of the set show the Steppe mammoth (Mammuthus trogontherii, sometimes Mammuthus armeniacus) from collection of the Spengler Museum.
The Steppe mammoth was the first stage in the evolution of the steppe and tundra elephants and an ancestor of the woolly mammoth of later glacial periods. It is believed that the steppe mammoth had fur on the majority of its body (much like the woolly mammoths but slightly shorter) due to its living in regions such as Siberia.
The mammoth is the main attraction of the Spengler Museum. It was excavated between 1930 and 1933 in the gravel pit Edersleben by Gustav Adolf Spengler. It is a female specimen for which an age of 45 - 50 years is estimated. It lived before the Ice age about 500 000 years ago. [R4]
[LN2] On September 1st, 2008, la ocal post operator in Thueringen region issued a set of five stamps "Historical sites of Soemmerda region".
One of the stamps is dedicated to the excavation site Bilzingsleben.
This stamp was released in two versions – the versions can be differentiated by the different logo or size of the company name in the lower right corner.
Fossils had been found at the site as far as back as the 13
In 1908 geologist Ewald Wüst (1875-1934) of the University of Halle-Wittenberg published his first work on local flint artifacts. Amateur researcher Adolf Spengler took up work at the site in 1922.
In 1969 Dietrich Mania, later professor at the University of Jena, discovered numerous fossils and artifacts during a routine investigation. Under the auspices of the Halle State Museum of Prehistory a systematic excavation was launched in 1971 that lasted until 1992 during which 1,600 m2 were documented and several human fossils were unearthed.
In 1974 a piece of a human skull was identified among the finds. To date, 37 human bones and teeth have been found, mainly parts of the skull. They represent the remains of at least three individuals and have been classified as Homo erectus bilzingslebenensis by Emanuel Vlcek (Praha). The remains of the skulls show that they had been intentionally smashed postmortem, maybe as part of a burial rite. [R5]
[LN3] On February 1st 2017, private German post "Briefmarke und mehr" in cooperation with Natural History Museum in Muenster, issued a set of 6 stamps to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the museum. Issued in three self adhesive sheets, ten stamp each.
Triceratops are sculptures at the front of the museum. They also appeared on a commemorative postmark of Deutsche Post in 2011.
Velociraptor is from exhibition indoor.
The Bison and Triceratops stamps with face value of 60 cent were reprinted with new value of 70cent in November 2019.
[LN4] In 2019 local post company "Post Modern" who operate in Saxony (Sachsen), a state in eastern Germany, issued new definitive stamps with face values from 5 Euro-cent to 2.5 Euro that shows some major sightseeing sites of the region. Every self-adhesive stamp issued in a booklet of 10 with bigger images on a cover and postal rate table on the reverse side. 2.5 Euro is a price for Maximum letter, with weight between 501gr and 1kg.
One of these stamps shows a reconstruction of a sauropod from the Dinosaur park at Bautzen.
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Some personalized stamps Personalized stamps issued by Deutsche Post: "Marke Individuell"
| 09.10.2010 "Plateosaurus engelhardti"
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issued by Museum Auberlehaus in Trossingen |
04.05.2012 "75th anniversary of Neanderthal Museum" [SP2]
issued by Neanderthal Museum in Mettmann |
2016 "160th anniversary of Neandertal discovery (1856-2016)"
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[SP1] Plateosaurus is one of the first dinosaurs uncovered in Germany (1834) and one of the first dinosaurs known to the scientific community.
The first Plateosaurus of Trossingen was discovered in 1909, when school children
built a slide on a slope made of lumps of marl not far from the "Oberen Mühle".
The boy Hermann Weiss tore his pants while sliding.
As the children looked closely, they discovered several bones sticking out of the weathered rock.
They brought the largest bone to their teacher Gottlob Munz, who realized
that the bone could not have come from a native animal and sent
it to the Royal Natural History Cabinet in Stuttgart, the predecessor of today's
State Museum of Natural History.
On the behalf of the museum, Prof. Eberhard Fraas dug at the site in 1911/1912 and discovered a
complete "antediluvian" dinosaur, a Plateosaurus engelhardti, which was set up and exhibited
in the Royal Natural History Cabinet in Stuttgart.
In 1923-1924, the University of Tübingen carried out a new excavation led by the famous German Paleontologist,
Prof. Friedrich Freiherr von Huene.
In order to minimize the costs, the excavation was carried out in cooperation with
the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
In 1979 the cast of first skeleton of a Trossinger Plateosaurus was installed in the museum.
[SP2]
In 1856 remains of the skull and other skeletal parts of a "Urmenschenart" (prehistoric human) were found in the Neander Valley
near Duesseldorf.
Prof. Dr. Johann Carl Fuhlrott (1803 –1877) was the one who recognized them as the remains of a previously
unknown type of human,
which was then named after the site of discovery, Homo neanderthalensis, more commonly known as Neanderthal today.
The comparison with other finds of similar fossils showed that the Neanderthals lived from about 130,000
years ago to about 30,000 years ago. Deutsche post issued commemorative stamp "150 years of discovery of Neanderthal" in 2009.
There is also a personalized stamp issued by the Neanderthal Museum in Mettmann. This museum opened its doors for the first time in 1937, a few hundred meters away from the site where these fossils were first discovered.
There are also some postmarks and meter franking issued by the museum in collaboration with German post.
[SP3] On September 11, 2022 UNESCO Global Geopark Thuringia Inselsberg – Drei Gleichen, in cooperation with Arbeitsgemeinschaft Bergbau und Geowissenschaften e. V., (Mining and Geosciences Working Group), issued the Mini-Sheet of 10 personalized stamps ("Briefmarken individuell" of Deutsche Post). These stamps were issued in th occasion of 20th anniversary of the Geopark. Every stamp have unique design related to the Geopark. Although the UNESCO Global Geopark Thuringia Inselsberg – Drei Gleichen is one of the smaller German geoparks with an area of about 700 km2, it is a place where big things happened in the past: here you can explore Pangaea, the supercontinent which existed for around 100 million years. You can also get to know some of the inhabitants of this continent, the tetrapods, on the Sauria Discovery Trail for example.
Some Personalized stamps issued by local post companies in Germany: dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals.
| 2011 "Archaeopteryx" issued by Biberpost |
2014 "Dinosaur park (Saurier) at Bautzen" [LN4]
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issued by Biberpost |
2018 "Dinosaur park (Saurier) at Bautzen" [LNP2]
issued by Lunebote |
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| 2020 "Treasures of German Paleontologic Museums (I): Munich"
[LNP3] issued by Brief und mehr |
2020 "Treasures of German Paleontologic Museums (II): Stuttgart"
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[LNP1] This set of personalized stamps shows various life-size replicas of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals from Dinosaur park (Saurier) at Bautzen.
The only official stamp related to this park issued by private post company from Saxony region of Germany "Post Modern" in 2019.
[LNP2] The stamp with face value of domestic postcard, shows Mammoth hunting sculpture group from Irrgarten in Dinosaur park (Saurier) Kleinwelks in Bautzen city in Saxony region of Germany. As far as I know, only 30 stamps have been issued by philatelist from the region who had visited the park.
[LNP3] Self-adhesive personalized stamps "Treasures of German Paleontologic Museums (I)" issued by private Post Company "Brief und mehr" from Muenster in Germany. Both stamps have a rate of small domestic letter with weight up to 20gr.
One stamp of the set shows some fossils from Paleontologic Museum of Munich.
Fossilized skeleton of Gomphotherium (prehistoric elephant) is on the front of the stamp. The two skeletons on the right are from the dinosaur Plateosaurus and the reptile Prestosuchus chiniquensis.
Another stamp shows a reconstruction of the dinosaurs Lilienternus and Plateosaurus from an exhibit at the Natural History Museum of Stuttgart.
Other stamps of Germany (Deutsche Post) to consider: contributors to Paleontology
| 02.11.1953 "Helper of mankind" [A1] | 10.08.1989 "100th anniversary of Mining and Power Industries" [A2] | 08.02.2007 "300th anniversary of Johann Christian Senckenberg" [A1] |
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[A1] Christian Senckenberg: naturalist, fossil collector
![Johan Christian Senckenberg](../images/sets/others/germany_2007_senckenberg.jpg" "Johan Christian Senckenberg")
Johan Christian Senckenberg (1707 - 1772), was a German physician, naturalist and collector.
In 1763 he established the Senckenberg Foundation to support natural sciences. The "Senckenberg Natural History Society supports the Senckenberg Museum. This museum is full of dinosaurs and is a cultural highlight of the Region. The Museum supports international research. The representations of the four selected dinosaurs on the Germany 2008 "for the young " block, reflect the current state of knowledge about these dinosaurs.
The Senckenberg-Museum exhibits the most extensive collection of dinosaurs throughout Germany. At least two members of the five main dinosaur groups are on display. An area of about 6.000 sqm invites you to marvel at some thousands of exhibits, some of them unique in the world, displayed in fascinating exhibits. Discover the universe and dive into prehistoric epochs - from the "big bang" up to the origin of our planet at the Museum.
[A2] Stylized Ammonite depicted on the stamp.
[A3] The Moselle is a river flowing through France, Luxembourg, and Germany. It is a left-bank tributary of the Rhine, which it joins at Koblenz.
A small part of Belgium is also drained by the Moselle through the Sauer and the Our. The Moselle "twists and turns its way between Trier and Koblenz along one of Germany's most beautiful river valleys."
It flows through a region that has been influenced by mankind since it was first cultivated by the Romans. Today, its hillsides are covered by terraced vineyards where "some of the best Rieslings grow", and numerous ruined castles dominate the hilltops above wine villages and towns that line the riverbanks.
Traben-Trarbach with its art nouveau architecture and Bernkastel-Kues with its traditional market square are two of the many popular tourist attractions on the Moselle river.
The present source region of the Moselle, were formed about 50 million years ago. In the Miocene and Pliocene epochs the ancient Moselle (Urmosel) was already a tributary of the ancient Rhine (Ur-Rhein). When, in the Quaternary period, the Rhenish Massif slowly rose, the meanders of the Moselle were formed between the Trier Valley and the Neuwied Basin. Many small marine fossils are found in the region. [R12]
There are no stamps with a direct connection to paleontology or paleoanthropology issued by West Berlin. Nor are there any stamps showing fossils or prehistoric animals. There are though some stamps that should be considered.
Some official stamps of West Berlin (1948-1990) to consider: Continents Drift, sculpture of Dinosaur
| 16.08.1977 "25 years of Zoo's aquarium in Berlin" [BA2] | 14.02.1980 "100th anniversary of Alfred Wegener" [BA1] | |
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[BA1] Alfred Lothar Wegener (1880 -1930) was a German scientist, geophysicist, and meteorologist. He is most notable for his theory of continental drift, proposed in 1912, which hypothesized that the continents were slowly drifting around the Earth. However, his hypothesis was not accepted until the 1950s, when numerous discoveries such as paleomagnetism confirmed his hypothesis of continental drift.
He used the similarity of fossil flora and fauna of the southern continents as a line of evidence for his supercontinent Pangaea.
[BA2] The Aquarium Berlin is one of Germany's largest aquariums, was built in 1913 as part of the Berlin Zoological Garden complex.
The inside and outside decorations were created by German artist Heinrich Harder, famous for his reconstruction of prehistoric animals. He decorated the interior rooms of the aquarium with majolica and mosaics with prehistoric and extinct animals. A life size sculpture of Iguanodon was placed in front of the entrance to the aquarium from the side of the zoological garden - originally planned and designed as a main entrance.
Since its opening the Zoo-Aquarium has been ranked among the public aquariums with the world’s greatest biodiversity. [R7]
Other stamps of local post companies to consider: contributors to Paleontology, prehistoric animals as art objects
| 03.04.2003 "Famous persons: Georgii Agricolae" [PP2]
issued by "Post Modern" |
26.07.2017 "40.000 years of Ice age art - mammoth ivory of the Lonet Valley"
[PP1] issued by "Suedwest Mail" |
01.08.2017"40 000 years Ice age art, UNESCO heritage" [PP1]
issued by "Suedwest Mail" |
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| 30.04.2018 "40.000 years of Ice age art - mammoth ivory of the Lonet Valley"
issued by "Suedwest Mail" |
??.??.2019"Mammut von Lonetal"
issued by "Suedwest Mail" |
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[PP1] Self-adhesive stamp of "Suedwest Mail" private postal company of Germany. The stamp issued on self adhesive sheet of 10 and shows a Mammoth figure carved from mammoth ivory of the Lonet Valley - 40,000 years of ice age It is only four centimeters in size and still a scientific and art-historical sensation - the ivory mammoth from the Vogelherdhöhle near Niederstotzingen in the Lonetal.
On August 1st, Suedwest Mail issued a folder with 4 stamps "40 000 years Ice age art, UNESCO heritage". This folder contains a mammoth figure stamp issued at the end of July and three new stamps: the Venus of the Hohle Fels cave, the horse of Vogelherd cave, the water bird of Hohle Fels cave. The lion man of the Hohlestein-Stadel cave is shown on the front page of the folder. All figurines are carved from of mammoth ivory.
[PP2] One of the stamps depicting Georgii Agricolae also called Georgius Agricola is considered the founder of geology as a discipline. His work paved the way for further systematic study of the Earth and of its rocks, minerals, and fossils.
Post stationery of Germany related to Paleontology and Paleoanthropology
Post stationery split in two categories:
- Post stationery (prepaid postcards and covers) with imprinted stamps related to Paleontology and Paleoanthropology: fossils, dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals.
- Post stationery (prepaid postcards and covers) with cachet illustrations related to Paleontology and Paleoanthropology: fossils, dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, Charles Darwin.
Post stationery (prepaid postcards and covers) of Deutsche Post AG with imprinted stamps related to Paleontology and Paleoanthropology: fossils, dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals
| 27.10.2000 "International Stamp trade show in Sindelfingen" [PS1] | 04.09.2008 "International Stamp trade show in Sindelfingen" [PS2] | 29.10.2010 "International Stamp trade show in Sindelfingen" [PS3] |
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Post stationery (prepaid postcards and covers) of Reichspost, Deutsche Bundespost and Deutsche Post AG with cachet illustrations related to Paleontology and Paleoanthropology: fossils, dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, Charles Darwin
| 1937 "Petrified forest of Chemnitz" [PS4] | 1973 "Natural History Museum in Coburg" | 1980 "Natural History Museum in Coburg" |
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| 1980 "Natural History Museum in Coburg" | 1980 "Jura museum im Eichstaett" | |
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| 1990 "Ramapithecus" | 2007 "Draw Dinosaur stamp competition" [PS5] | 2009 "200th anniversary of Charles Darwin" |
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| 02.11.2017 "200th anniversary of The Senckenberg Natural Research Society" [PS6] | ||
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Some personalized postal stationery (prepaid postcards and covers) of Deutsche Post AG with imprinted stamps related to Paleontology and Paleoanthropology: fossils, prehistoric animals and prehistoric humans.
| "Neanderthals migration" | 2015 "20th anniversary of Natural history and Mammoth museum in Siegsdorf" [PS7] | |
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Other postal stationery of Deutsche Post to consider: prehistoric animals as prehistoric art objects
| 2008 "Stamp show in Heidenheim an der Brenz" [PS8] | ||
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[PS1] The imprinted stamp is of the same design as stamp from 1998 and shows fossil of prehistoric crocodile (Diplocynodon) from Messel Pit.
[PS2] The imprinted stamp is one of four dinosaur stamps issued in Mini-Sheet earlier this year.
[PS3] The imprinted stamp is of the same design as stamp from 2010 and shows fossil of Brachiosaurus brancai excavated at Tendaguru, Tanzania.
[PS4] Trunks of petrified trees shown on cachet illustration of the pre-paid postcard. In 2003 Deutsche Post issued commemorative stamp with similar design.
[PS5] Pre-paid cover issued by German Youth Philatelist (Deutsche Philatelisten-Jugend) organization for Draw Dinosaur stamp (Mal eine Dino-Briefmarke) competition, that took place in 2007 and 2008 prior to issue of German dinosaur stamps in 2008. The Triceratops from Naturmuseum Senckenberg in Frankfurt am Main appeared on one the of the stamps and imprinted stamp of another postal stationery in 2008.
[PS6] The Senckenberg Nature Research Society is a German scholarly society with headquarters in Frankfurt am Main. The society was founded by Frankfurt citizens on 22 November 1817 on the initiative of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (one of the most famous German writer), and is named for the physician, naturalist, botanist and philanthropist Johann Christian Senckenberg (1707–1772). The Senckenberg Nature Research Society owns several research institutes and museums, such as the Naturmuseum Senckenberg in Frankfurt am Main with an extensive collection of Dinosaurs. [R8]
The Museum building, the skull of Triceratops and reconstruction of 'Lucy' (Australopithecus afarensis) are shown on left side of the cover.
The imprinted stamp is a reproduction of a mint stamp from 2007.
[PS7] Mammuthus primigenius from Siegsdorf is depicted on the imprinted stamp.
Reconstruction of the mammoth, that stands in front of the museum, shown on the cachet photo of the postcard.
The mammoth was a main fossil at the Fossil and Mineral trade show in Munich, was a subject for commemorative postmark of Deutsche Post and commemorative cover and postcard of Paleontology Museum of Munich.
[PS8] Mammoth carved from ivory bone. 32.000 years old, uncovered at Vogelherdhoehle in Lonet valley.
The same figure appeared on mint and self-adhesive stamp of local post company "Suedwest Mail" in 2017.
Commemorative, illustrated but not prepaid, covers of Germany related to Paleontology and Paleoanthropology
- Commemorative covers produced by Paleontological Museums
- Commemorative covers and postcards issued for philatelic, fossils trade shows and meetings of philatelic clubs
- Commemorative covers and postcards issued by commercial companies
Commemorative covers produced by Paleontological Museums and other Paleontological organizations
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Other German Paleontological Museums
| 1991 "200th anniversary cover of Natural History Museum of Stuttgart" | 1998 "30th anniversary of Fossil Museum Berger" | 2010 "Museum Auberlehaus in Trossingen " |
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Some commemorative covers and postcards issued for philatelic and fossils trade shows and meetings of philatelic clubs related to Paleontology and Paleoanthropology: fossils, prehistoric animals
| 07.10.1978 5th International mineral trade show in Dreieich | 22.10.1978 International Mineral and Fossil trade show in Koblenz | 24.10.1980 30th anniversary of philatelic club in Hausham |
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| 07.03.1982 Mineral and Fossil trade show in Fulda | 27.03.1982 Mineral trade show in Schweinfurt | 20.05.1982 Annual meeting of "Mining, Geology and Energy" philatelic club in Bergheim |
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| 22.05.1982 Mineral trade show in Bergheim |
14.01.1983 Hewerbia'83 - annual meeting of Mineralogy-Paleontology-Speleology philatelic group in Herten
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| 15.10.1983 Union of Mineralogy and Geology friends at Fossil and Mineral trade show in Freiburg | 01.04.1984 Mineral trade show in Fulda | 23.04.1988 15th anniversary of Mineralogy-Paleontology-Speleology study unit |
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| 22.10.1988 25th anniversary of philatelic gild in Trossingen | 30.09.1990 Bottrop'90 60th anniversary of philatelic club of Bottrop | 15.05.1992 Stamps show in Neu-Isenburg |
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| 15.05.1992 Stamps show in Neu-Isenburg | 15.04.1994 Entomology Study Group | 25.05.1994 Stamps show in Neu-Isenburg - 45 years of philatelic club of Neu-Isenburg |
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| 27.03.1994 The advertising stamps show and the 4th Main Valley exchange day of philatelic club of Burgkunstadt in the Albert Erwin Museum in Burgkunstadt | 11.10.1996 Annual meeting of Mineralogy-Paleontology-Speleology study unit in Worms | 12.09.1998 25th anniversary and annual meeting of Mineralogy-Paleontology-Speleology study unit in Gerolstein |
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| 1998-2000 (?) Mineralogy-Paleontology-Speleology study unit | 22.09.2000 Annual meeting of Mineralogy-Paleontology-Speleology study unit in Sassnitz-Ruegen | 25.06.2006 Special exhibition representation of fossils and minerals in philately in Natural History Museum in Ottoneum Kassel |
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| 04.09.2008 The Day of Youth philatelic friends - 2008 FDC | 03.09.2010 International stamps show in Luzern, Switzerland | 02.06.2011 Annual meeting of the Earth Sciences study unit in Chemnitz |
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| 06.05.2016 50th anniversary of "Mining, Geology and Energy" philatelic club | ||
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Some commemorative covers and postcards issued by commercial companies with illustrations of fossils and prehistoric animals
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Commemorative postmarks and meter franking of Germany related to Paleontology: dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, fossils, prehistoric humans, paleontologists.
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- Postmarks and meter franking issued by Paleontologic organizations, local communities where some fossils are found, official post companies for its FDC.
- Postmarks and meter franking issued by Philatelic clubs and societies for their annual events and shows with fossils and prehistoric animals.
- Postmarks and meter franking issued by Mineral and Fossil shows
Postmarks and meter franking issued by Paleontologic and Paleoanthropologic organizations, local communities where some fossils are found, official post companies for its FDC or for Paleontology or Paleoanthropology related events.
| 29.05.1951 "Bears and Karls caves" [Sp] [C1] | 16.03.1959 "Bears and Karls caves" [Sp] [C1] | 28.02.1964 "Bears and Karls caves" [Sp] [C1] |
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| 1967-1987 [DU] "150 years of Senckenberg Natural History Museum and Investigation Institute" [PM] | 1967 "The biggest Ammonite in the world" [PM] [C2] | 1970 "Neandertal Museum" |
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| 1971 "7th International Congress on Stratigraphy and Geology of Carbon" [Sp] | 1971 "7th International Congress on Stratigraphy and Geology of Carbon" [Sp] | 15.07.1972 "Seppenrade - Appointment to Rosen village" [Sp] |
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| 22.04.1973 "Coburg primitive dinosaur, visit Natural History Museum of Coburg" [PM] | 1975 -1987 [DU] "Geological State Office North Rhine-Westphalia" [PM]
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1976 -1995 [DU] "Bears and Karls caves" [PM] [C1]
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| 17.09.1977 "Opening of Geology and Paleontology Museum of Aalen" [Sp] | 1978-1987 [DU]
"Mauer community found place of worlds wide famous Homo heidelbergensis" [PM] Zip code changed over the years |
1978 [DU] "Country office Eichstaett - visit beautifull region of Eichstaett" [PM] |
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| 1978 [DU] "Cremlingen Community" [PM] | 13.07.1978 "Fossils" [FDC] | 1978-1994 [DU] "Messel Fossil site" [PM]
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| 1979-1985 [DU]
"Solnhofen Fossils from Jurassic period" [PM]
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1980-1983 [DU]
"Fossils from around the world - Fossil and Gallery Gehlen" [PM]
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24.05-29.05.1980 "Reopening Natural History Museum of Dortmund on May 24 1980" [Sp] |
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| 21.10.1982 "75th anniversary of Homo heidelbergensis" [Sp] | 1983 [DU] "Geological State Office North Rhine-Westphalia" [PM] | 24.07.1983 "50 years since discovery Homo Steinheimensis" [Sp] |
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| 1984 - 1998 [DU]
"Messel community - wider world famous fossil site" [PM] Zip code changed over the years Text position changed over the time |
1984 [DU] "Where the Alb(Alpine transhumance) is the most beautiful" [PM] | 1984 [DU] "10 years of partnership between Trossingen und Cluses(France)" [Sp] |
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| 1985 [DU] "Geological State Office North Rhine-Westphalia" [PM] | 1984 - 1995 [DU] "Prehistory museum of Bad Windsheim (Nothosaurus)" [PM] | 07.04.1987 "Beilngries - resort city in Altmuehltal" [Sp] |
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| 04.06.1987 "75th anniversary of Natural History Museum of Dortmund" [Sp] | 1988 [DU] "Gerolstein region: prehistory, nature, experience" [PM] | 1988 [DU] "Tourist information of Gerolstein" [PM] |
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| 1988 [DU] "Geological State Office North Rhine-Westphalia" [PM] | 08.09.1989 "100th anniversary of Mining and Power Industries" [A2] | 1989 [DU] "State Museum of Natural History - Museum on Lowentor, Museum castle Rosensteinin Stuttgart" [PM] |
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| 1989 [DU] "Come and enjoy Beilngries, Natural park Altmuehltal" [PM] | 1990-1992 [DU] "Senckenberg. Be a member of Natural History Museum and its research institute." | 1989-2000
[DU] "Information center of Natural park of Altmuehltal" [PM] Zip code changed over the years Address of the Info center added to meter franking of Deutsche Post |
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| 31.05.1991 "200th anniversary of Natural History Museum of Stuttgart" [Sp] | 1992-2001
[DU] "Dollnstein in the middle of Natural park of Altmuehltal" [PM] Zip code changed over the years |
1992-1998 [DU]
"Geological State Office North Rhine-Westphalia. Climate witnesses of the history of the earth: Mammoth from Ice age" [PM] |
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| 1992 [DU] "100th anniversary of Natural History Museum of North Rhine-Westphalia in Muenster" [PM] | 1992 [DU] "Geological State Office North Rhine-Westphalia. Climate witnesses of the history of the earth: Fan palm from Tertiary period" [PM] |
04.06.1992 "100th anniversary of Natural History Museum of North Rhine-Westphalia in Muenster" [Sp] |
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[DU] "Pterodactylus from mayor Mueller museum in Solnhofen" [PM] Post company name changed over the time |
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[DU] "Dollnstein city in Natural park of Altmuehltal" [PM] [N] Color, currency and post company name changed over the time |
06.11.1993 "20 years of Paleontological museum in Nierstein: Misthodotes stapfi " [Sp] |
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| 30.09.1993 "Baumann and Hermann caves" [Sp] [C1] | 1992-1994 [DU] "Senckenberg. Be a member of Natural History Museum and its research institute." [PM] [N] | 1995 [DU] "Museum of Archeology and history of Harmburg" [PM] |
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| 1995-1999 [DU] "Prehistoric found in Holzmaden" [PM] | 1995-2001
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"Geological State Office North Rhine-Westphalia. Climate witnesses of the history of the earth: Giant dragonfly from Carboniferous period" [PM] |
1998 [DU] "1100 years of Treuchtlingen" [PM] | 10.10.1998 "25 years of Paleontological museum in Nierstein: Chlamys stapfi" [Sp] |
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| 27.06.1998 "30 years of Museum Berger: Museum festival" [Sp] | 1998 - 2005 [DU] "Messel community - world-world famous fossil site" [PM] | 1999 [DU] "Beilngries - resort city in Nature par Altmuehltal" [PM] |
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| 11.08.2001 "Opening of
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2001 "Creding city in Nature park Altmuehltal " [PM] | 2002 [DU] "Society for Natural History in Württemberg" |
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| 2002 [DU] "Ice Age - human, mammoth and forces of nature exhibition in Historical Museum of the Palatinate Speyer" [PM] | 2002-2012 [DU] Pottenstein [PM] | |
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| 14.09.2002 "25th anniversary of Prehistory museum in Old Town hall of Aalen" [Sp] | 07.08.2003 "Petrified forest Chemnitz" [FDC] | |
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| 2004-2005 [DU]
"Geological State Office North Rhine-Westphalia. Climate witnesses of the history of the earth: Mammoth from Ice age" [PM] |
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| 2004 [DU] "Nature History park of Altmuehltal" [PM] | 2004 [DU] "Management Community of Eichstaett city" [PM] - |
2005-2006 [DU] "State Museum of Natural History - Museum on Lowentor, Museum castle Rosensteinin Stuttgart" [PM] [N] |
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| 2005 [DU] "State Museum of Natural History - Museum on Lowentor, Museum castle Rosensteinin Stuttgart" [PM] | 2005 -2006 [DU] "Messel community - wider world famous fossil site. 10 years since UNESCO Heritage site recognition" [PM] | 2006 [DU] "Mauer community found place of worlds wide famous Homo heidelbergensis" [PM] |
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| 10.08.2006 "Archeology in Germany: 150th anniversary of discovery of Neandertaler" [FDC] | ||
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| 10.08.2006 "Archeology in Germany: 150 years of discovery of Neandertaler" [FDC] | ||
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| 27.10.2006 "100 years since T-rex reconstruction. Dino-day experience park" [Sp] | 2006 "Root of humankind" [PM] | 21.10.2007 "100 years since discovery of Homo heidelbergensis" [Sp] |
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| 04.09.2008 "Dinosaurs" [FDC] [2] | ||
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| 04.09.2008 "Dinosaurs, Diplodocus. Nature history museum of Humbolt University in Berlin" [Sp] [2] | 04.09.2008 "Dinosaurs, Tyrannosaurus. Herold-Center in Norderstedt" [Sp] [2] | 04.09.2008 "Dinosaurs, Plateosaurus. Sparkasse Herfoldt" [Sp] [2] |
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| 07.09.2008 "Europasaurus. Dino-Day at Dinosaur park of Muenchehagen" [Sp] | 13.09.2008 "Triceratops. Tiefstollenhalle at Peissenberg" [Sp] | 20.09.2008 "Tyrannosaurus. Dinosaur valley at Tolk-exhibition" [Sp] |
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| 2008 [DU] "State Museum of Natural History - Museum on Lowentor, Museum castle Rosensteinin Stuttgart" [PM] [N] | 2005-2009 [DU] "Cremlingen Community" [PM] [N] | 12.04.2009 "Opening of Pterosaur exhibition in Dinosaur park of Muenchehagen -
Pteranodon" [Sp] - |
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| 18.09.2009 "Silesaurus, the oldest dinosaurs" [Sp] | 10.10, 21.10.2009 "State Natural history Museum of Braunschweig, exhibit Dinosaur Project" [Sp] | |
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| 24.11.2009 "200thanniversary of Charles Darwin; 150 years On the Origin of Species; 50th anniversary of the Luitpold-Gymnasium on the Seeaustraße Nr.1 in Munich" [Sp] | 02.01.2010 "Natural History Museum of Berlin" [FDC] | 05.01.2010 "200thanniversary of Natural history museum of Berlin" [FDC] |
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| 2010 "Elephants empire exhibition in State Museum of Prehistory in Halle" [PM] | 11.04.2010 "Opening of Dinosaur footprint hall at Dinopark in Muenchehagen" [Sp] | 30.07.2011 "20 years of Dinosaur Park in Muenchehagen" [Sp] |
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| 11.08.2011 "150 years since discovery of Archaeopteryx" [FDC] | ||
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| 11.08.2011 "Archaeopteryx event day at Dinopark in Muenchehagen" [FDC] | 18.11.2011 "150 years since discovery of Archaeopteryx" [Sp] | 17.06.2013 "Discovery of the first Dinosaur in Germany" [Sp] |
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| 24.06.2013 "Opening of PALAEON research and event center in Schoeningen" [Sp] | 11.07.2014, 11.04.2018 "Balve city" [Sp] | 2017 [DU] "Steppi with Heart" [PM] |
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| 2017 [DU] "Solnhofen - the world in stone" [PM] | 2017-2019 [DU] "Eichstaett" [PM] | 07.06.2018 "150th anniversary of Dechen cave discovery" [Sp] |
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| 24.10.2025 "Ice Age in Alb", Danubria 2025, Stamp Show, Ulm 2025 [Sp] | ||
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Notes:
[C1] Fossil of cave bears are found in many caves across Germany
- The Bear Cave (Bärenhöhle) is a stalactite cave. It is made up of Kals cave (Karlshöhle), discovered in 1834, and the continuation of the Bear Cave, discovered in 1949. It owes its name to the numerous skeletons of cave bears found in it. Several skulls and bones as well as a restored bear skeleton can be visited in the cave. The Bear Cave is located near Sonnenbühl-Erpfingen in the rocks of the white Jurassic Lime. [R9]
- Baumann cave (Baumannshöhle)
Nowadays both ammonites can be seen in LWL Natural History Museum of Muenster. The replica of these two ammonites can be seen in many museums around the world as well as in Seppenrade.
The town has the ammonite image on its coat as shown on another postmark from 1972. [R10]
Postmarks and meter franking issued by Philatelic clubs and societies for their annual events and shows
Legend is here
| 14.05.1976 "Regional stamp show in Lebach" [Sp] | 02.10.1977 "15th anniversary of stamp and coins collector club of Trossingen" [Sp] | 25.10.1980 "30 years of philatelic club of Hausham" ? [Sp] - |
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| 26.09.1981 "FRANKEN-PHILA'81 meeting of thematic collector group of Mineralogy, Paleontology and Speleology"
[Sp] - |
15.01.1983 "Annual meeting of philatelic club Arbeitsgemeinschaft
Bergbau und Geowissenschaften (Working Group Mining and Geosciences e. V)" [Sp] The postmark is available in green and black colors |
09.07.1983 "Stamps show - Miner day in Heiligenwald" [Sp] - |
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| 07.10.1984 "22nd stamp and coins show in Upper Allgau region. Eocene show" [Sp] | 08.06.1985 "Nature and Environment stamps show" [Sp] | 22.02.1987 "Neandertal'87 - youth stamps show" [Sp] |
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| 30.05.1987 "Baymo'87 - Philately and Leisure" [Sp] | 25.04.1987 "Altmuelphila 1987 - Youth Stampshow 3rd Rank in Natural park Altmueltal" [Sp] - |
14.05.1988 "Sauerland'88 10th stamps show of 3rd rank" [Sp] |
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| 22.10.1988 "25th annual stamps show in Trossingen" [Sp] | 23.04.1989 "Ice age museum - stamps show 1989" [Sp] | 1989 [DU]"Hewebria'89 - 100 anniversary of Industrial Trade Mining and Energy
(IGBE) - Stamps show" [PM] - |
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| 26.08.1989 "Stamps show - 100th anniversary of Industrial Trade Mining and Energy" [Sp] - |
17.09.1989 "Hewebria'89 - 100th anniversary of Industrial Trade Mining and Energy (IGBE) - Stamps show" [Sp] | 06-07.10.1990 "Mineralogy, Geology and Paleontology in Philately" [Sp] - |
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| 1991 [DU] "Entomology philatelic club" [PM] | 25.05.1991 "Stamps show 40 years of Paleontology collector club" [Sp] | 29.09.1991 "Stamps show of topical group of Paleontology, Mineralogy and Speleology in Aalen" [Sp] |
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| 15.05.1992 "Fossil and Mineral stamps show in Neu-Isenburg" [Sp] | 20.03.1993 "Stamps show of 3rd Rank" [Sp] - |
13.05.1993 "Stamps show in trade center of Neu-Isenburg" [Sp] |
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| 06.01.1994 "25th anniversary of Stamps and Coins collector club of Spaichingen" [Sp] | ||
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| 27.03.1994 "Stamps show in Trilobtes museum of Burgunstadt" [Sp] | 25.05.1994 "Stamps show in trade center of Neu-Isenburg. 45 years of Philatelic club" [Sp] | 01.10.1994 "Stamps show in trade center of Neu-Isenburg. 46 years of Philatelic club" [Sp] |
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| 1995 [DU] "Paleontology, Mineralogy and Speleology topic philatelic club" [PM] | 13.05.1995 "Stamps show in trade center of Neu-Isenburg. 47 years of Philatelic club" [Sp] | |
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| 31.03.1995 "5th Space day in Garching by Munich" [Sp] - |
1996 [DU] "Paleontology, Mineralogy and Speleology topic philatelic club" [PM] - |
12.10.1996 "Annual meeting of Paleontology, Mineralogy and Speleology topic philatelic club" [Sp] |
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| 09.06.1997 "Youth day of Stamp collectors" [Sp] | 19.06.1998 "The day of young stamp collectors" [Sp] | 12.09.1998 "25th anniversary of Paleontology, Mineralogy and Speleology topic philatelic club" [Sp] |
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| 1998 [DU] "25thaniversary of Paleontology, Mineralogy and Speleology topic philatelic club" [PM] | 25.09.1999 "Annual meeting of Paleontology, Mineralogy and Speleology topic philatelic club" [Sp] | 23.09.2000 "Annual meeting of Paleontology, Mineralogy and Speleology topic philatelic club" [Sp] |
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| 27.10.2000 "International stamps show in Sindelfingen. Prehistoric animals in Germany" [Sp] | 2002 [DU] "Paleontology, Mineralogy and Speleology topic philatelic club" [PM] - |
11.05.2002 "Annual meeting of philatelic club Arbeitsgemeinschaft Bergbau und Geowissenschaften (Working Group Mining and Geosciences e. V)" [Sp] |
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| 06.09.2003 "Sachsen day 2003, stamps adventure" [Sp] - |
16.10.2004 "Gero-Phila 2004, 50th anniversary of Stamp and Coin collectors.
Natural History Museum in Gerolstein" [Sp] - |
05.05.2005 "Annual meeting of philatelic club Arbeitsgemeinschaft Bergbau und Geowissenschaften (Working Group Mining and Geosciences e. V)" [Sp] |
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| 06.11.2005 "Fossil day of Fossil working group" [Sp] | 26.05.2006 "Annual meeting of philatelic club Arbeitsgemeinschaft Bergbau und Geowissenschaften (Working Group Mining and Geosciences e. V)" [Sp] | 2006-2008 [DU] "150th anniversary of discovery of Neandertal, 40 years of philatelic club Arbeitsgemeinschaft Bergbau und Geowissenschaften (Working Group Mining and Geosciences e. V)" [PM] |
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| 19.02.2008 "Didacta education fair. Education + Stamps, Topic Dinosaurs" [Sp] | 03.10.2008 "Dinosaur post office and painting competition at the trade fair model hobby game in Leipzig" [Sp] | 09.10.2008 "International stamps fair in Bonn. Introduction of postal stationery with dinosaur stamps" [Sp] |
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| 21.11.2008 "HABRIA'08 - youth stamp competition of Rank 2" [Sp] | 12.02.2009 [DU] "150th anniversary of Origin of Species, 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin" [Sp] | 15.04.2011 "Stamp collector club of Muenster. Dino meeting point" [Sp] - |
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| 06.05.2016 "50th anniversary of philatelic club Arbeitsgemeinschaft Bergbau und Geowissenschaften (Working Group Mining and Geosciences e. V)" [Sp] | 19.12.2025 "25th anniversary of Zackige Neanderthaler philatelic and numismatic club" [Sp] | |
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Postmarks and meter franking issued by Mineral and Fossil shows
Legend is here
| 17.09.1972 "Mineral fair in Munich" [Sp] - |
14.09.1975 "Mineral fair in Munich" [Sp] - |
15.10.1977 "Mineral fair in Munich" [Sp] |
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| 07.10.1978 "Minerals fair in Dreieich" [Sp] - |
22.10.1978 "The 2nd big Mineral and Fossil market in Koblenz" [Sp] - |
28.10.1978 "Mineral fair in Munich" [Sp] |
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| 01.09.1979 "Minerals fair in Frankfurt on Main" [Sp] | 27.10.1979 "Minerals and Fossils market in City hall of Freiburg" [Sp] - |
11.11.1979 "Minerals and Fossils fair in Stuttgart" [Sp] - |
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| 16.03.1980 "Minerals and Fossils market in Fulda" [Sp] - |
22.06.1980 "Fossilia - Minerals and Fossils market in Stuttgart" [Sp] | 28.09.1980 "10th Minerals and Fossils market in Stuttgart" [Sp] - |
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| 19.10.1980 "Minerals and Fossils market in City hall of Freiburg" [Sp] - |
26.10.1980 "The 4th big Mineral and Fossil market in Koblenz" [Sp] | 05.04.1981 "Minerals and Fossils market in Fulda" [Sp] |
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| 31.10.1981 "Minerals Days in Munich" [Sp] | 07.03.1982 "Minerals and Fossils market in Fulda" [Sp] | 28.03.1982 "Minerals and Fossils market in Schweinfurt" [Sp] |
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| 23.05.1982 "Minerals market in Berghein. Meeting of FIP topical group of Mining and German topical group of Minerals" [Sp] | 19.09.1982 "Minerals and Fossils market in Giessen" [Sp] | 31.10.1982 "The 4th Minerals and Fossils market in Dortmund. Stamps show of topical group Minerals
and Paleontology" [Sp] - |
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| 06.11.1982 "The 5th Minerals and Fossils market in Stuttgart" [Sp] | 07.11.1982 "The 10th Mineral and Fossil show in North Westphalia in Muenster. Stamps show of Mineralogy and Paleontology" [Sp] | 06.03.1983 "Minerals and Fossils market in Fulda" [Sp] |
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| 15.10.1983 "Minerals and Fossils market in Freiburg" [Sp] | 06.11.1983 "The 6th Minerals and Fossils market in Stuttgart" [Sp] - |
1984 [DU] "Minerals market in Fulda" [PM] |
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| 27.05.1990 "International Minerals and Fossils market in Stuttgart" [Sp] - |
02.12.1990 "International Minerals and Fossils market in Stuttgart" [Sp] - |
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| 05.05.1991 "Minerals and Fossils market in Iserlohn. Day of young stamp collectors" [Sp] | 01.11.1991 "Minerals day in Munich. 20 years of development association of Paleontological Museum of Munich" [Sp] | 01.12.1991 "International Minerals and Fossils market in Stuttgart" [Sp] - |
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| 26.04.1992 "Minerals and Fossils market in Iserlohn. Day of young stamp collectors" [Sp] | 30.10.1993 "30 years (1963-1993) of Minerals Days in Munich. 150th anniversary of Paleontological Museum of Munich" [Sp] | 25.04.1993 "Minerals and Fossils market in Iserlohn. Day of young stamp collectors" [Sp] |
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| 24.04.1994 "Minerals and Fossils market in Iserlohn. Day of young stamp collectors" [Sp] - |
23.04.1995 "Minerals and Fossils market in Iserlohn" [Sp] - |
27.10.1995 "Minerals Days in Munich. 7th exemplar of Archaeopteryx" [Sp] |
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| 11.11.1996 "Minerals Days in Munich. Prehistoric Rhino. 16 Million years old from Sandelhausen" [Sp] | 29.10.1998 "Minerals Days in Munich. Living Fossils" [Sp] | 29.10.1999 "Minerals Days in Munich. Special exhibitions - Ammonites" [Sp] |
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| 26.10.2001 "Minerals Days in Munich. Special exhibit - Treasure fossils" [Sp] | 02.11.2003 "Minerals Days in Munich. Special exhibit - Trilobites Treasure" [Sp] | 29.10.2004 "The 41th Minerals Days in Munich. Puzzle in stone" [Sp] |
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| 28.10.2005 "The 42nd Minerals Days in Munich. Dream Agates & Fossils" [Sp] | 03.11.2006 "The 43rd Minerals Days in Munich. Prehistoric Rhino from Sandelhausen" [Sp] | 30.10.2009 "The 46th Minerals Days in Munich. Puzzle in stone" [Sp] |
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| 31.10.2010 "The 47th Minerals Days in Munich. Special exhibit - Brazil" [Sp] | 26.10.2012 "The 49th Minerals Days in Munich. Special exhibit of African secrets" [Sp] | 24.10.2014 "The 51th Minerals Days in Munich. Special exhibit of the Treasure of the Universe – the great Meteorite.e" [Sp] |
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| 30.10.2015 "The 52nd Minerals Days in Munich. Special exhibition - Ice age" [Sp] | ||
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Other postmarks and meter franking to consider
Legend is here
- Post marks and meter franking of commercial companies with fossils and prehistoric animals on it.
- Post marks and meter franking shows fossil-found places, buildings of Natural History Museums, contributors to Paleontology and Paleoanthropology science.
| 1935 [DU] "G.Anton Seelmann & Son from Neustadt" [PM]
Post company name changed over the years - |
1937 [DU] "J. Kalkoffen GmbH from Saarbruecken" [PM] | 1953/1955-2001 [DU]
"Dr. F. Krantz - geological store from Bonn" [PM] [CC2]
Zip code and Post company name, as well as position of date postmark changed over the years
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| 1938-1994 [DU]
"Chemische Werke (Chemical works) Marienfelde Richard Boesche" [PM] Zip code and Post company name, as well as position of date postmark changed over the years - |
1960 [DU] "Planatolwerk (Planatol work) W. Hesselmann from Thansau"
[PM] - |
1960-1980 [DU]
"Schweizerbart Science Publishers from Stuttgart" [PM] - |
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| 1963 [DU] "Mammut Steppdecken-Naemachinen
(Quilts sewing machines) E. Stutznaecker from Koeln-Braunsfeld" [PM] - |
1964 [DU]"Hischmann from Ennigerloh" [PM] - |
1967 [DU]"110 years of Mamut Knitwear Ferdinand Huebner " [PM] - |
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| 1969 [DU] "Planatole and Opimatic streamline the gluing
technique from Thansau" [PM] [N] - |
1970 [DU] "Mammut BraeuBiere und Malze aus Sangerhausen
(Mammut brew, Beers and malts from Sangerhausen) [PM] - |
1978 [DU] "Mammut Chic in Strick (chic in knits) Feldkirchen Westerham" [PM] - |
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| 1980 [DU] "Kosmos the biggest Natural History Magazine" [PM] - |
1981-1984 [DU]
"Resort Treuchtlingen in the nature park Altmühltal. Wave swimming pool" [PM] - |
1981 [DU] "Ammonite Shipping Matthias Vogel" [PM] - |
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| 1981 [DU] "Daeschler - Natural stone plant from Solnhofen" [PM] - |
1982-1984
[DU] "Mammut - Kaelte, Klima, Ladenbau (COLD - CLIMATE - LOADING) - Joachim Kramer GmbH" [PM] - |
1982 [DU] "Schweizerbart Science Publishers from Stuttgart" [PM] [N] - |
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| 1983 - 2007 [DU]
"Eduard Merkle GmbH & Co. -Limestone terrazzo stone grinders" [PM] Zip code, Post company and currency changed over the years |
1984-1988 [DU]
"Resort Treuchtlingen in the nature park Altmühltal. Wave swimming pool" [PM] [N] - |
1984-2001 [DU]
"Fossilien - Europe's only magazine specifically for fossil friends. Goldschneck Publisher" [PM] Zip code, Post company and currency changed over the years |
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| 1988 [DU] "Resort Treuchtlingen in the nature park Altmühltal. Wave swimming pool"
[PM] [N] - |
1989 [DU] "LABOPHARMA" [PM] - |
1991 [DU] "Dino Music from Kronberg im Taunus" [PM] - |
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| 1992 [DU]"MAMMUT Getraencke (beverages) GmbH from Sangerhausen" [PM] [N] | 1992-2000 [DU]
"Mammut Steppdecken-Naemachinen (Quilts sewing machines) E. Stutznaecker" [PM] - |
1994 [DU] "Markelsheim EG - Wine company from Bad Mergentheim" [PM] |
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| 1994 [DU] "25 years of Natural gas from Nuertingen.
The energy from prehistoric time" [PM] - |
1996 [DU]
"Dino Publisher (Comics magazines)" [PM] - |
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| 1997 [DU] "GIIC Fricke GmbH" [PM] - |
1998 - 2002 [DU]
"JEDOWSKI (Butcher's shop) from Balve" [PM] - |
1999 [DU] "MAMUT moden from Feldkirchen-Westham" [PM] [N] - |
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| 2000-now [DU] "Institute
of Geotechnical Engineering in Limburg" [PM] Currency changed over the years |
2002 [DU] "FBG resort in Eichsaett" [PM] - |
2002 [DU] "Kalkwerk (the lime works) Hehlen" [PM] - |
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| 2004 [DU] "Rehabilitation hospital in Bad Boll" [PM] | 2007-now [DU] "Eduard Merkle GmbH & Co. - Limestone terrazzo stone grinders" [PM] [N] | 2007 [DU] "MAMMUT from Memingen" [PM] - |
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| 2011 [DU] "Mammoth Wetro from Neschwitz" [PM] - |
2012 [DU] "Mammoth Naemachinen (Quilts sewing machines) E.
Stutznaecker" [PM] - |
2017 [DU] "Mammoth Naemachinen (Quilts sewing machines) E. Stutznaecker" [PM] - |
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| 2020 [DU] "Mammoth" company [PM] - |
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Notes:
[CC1] Fossil of Foraminifera depicted on the postmark of J. Kalkoffen GmbH company from Saarbruecken
[CC2] - Dr. F. Krantz company established in 1833 and it is one of the oldest company which sales minerals, fossils and its replicas as well as some equipment for professional and amateur collectors
The logo of the company as depicted on the meter franking created for the 100th anniversary (1933) by former employee Dr. med. K. E. Busz and by the graphic artist K.M. Stucco drawn from Bonn Bad Godesberg .
The logo represents the three areas of an icosetrahedron (crystal form of a tourmaline in spherical form) placed on a plane.
Pyritohedron crystal depicted on the top, Ammonite on bottom-left and skull of the Neanderthal of La-Chapelle-aux Saints, on the right. The skull found in 1908, five years later, in 1913, Dr. Krantz purchased exclusive rights to create and sell replicas of the skull.
The skull also appeared on postmarks of France in 1977 and 1990.
Post marks and meter franking shows fossil-found places, buildings of Natural History Museums, contributors to Paleontology and Paleoanthropology science.
Legend is here
| 1972 [DU] "Discovery place of Neanderthal" [PM] - |
17.10.1976 "Balver cave" [Sp] - |
1977-1993 [DU]
"Visit Eichstaett" [PM] Zip code changed over the years - |
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| 1980 - 1986 [DU]
"Visit Eichstaett" [PM] - |
26.02.1982 "International Symposium: Alfed Wegener" [BA1]
[Sp] - |
1982 [DU] "Natural History Museum of Muenster - Planetarium" [PM] - |
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| 1988 [DU] "Nature and environment museum of Schoelerberg" [PM] - |
1989-2001 [DU] "Visit Eichstaett" [PM] Zip code, post company name and the currency changed over the years - |
1993-1994 [DU] "DINOS in Nuremberg 09.12.1993-10.04.1994 in
Industrial Culture Museum" [Sp] - |
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| 24.01.1994 "500th anniversary of Georgius Agricola" [Sp] - |
1994 [DU] "Agricola Year" [Sp] - |
24.03.1994 "500th anniversary of Georgius Agricola" [Sp] - |
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| 28.07.1994 "Stamps show: Mountain and hut people - Georgius Agricola (1494-1555)"
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30.10.1994 "Stamps day 1994 in Freiberg - Georgius Agricola (1494-1555)" [Sp] - |
1997 [DU] "75th anniversary of Natural History Museum of Ulm" [PM] - |
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| 20.08.1998 "Word Heritage site: Messel Pit" [FDC] [1] | 22.10.2000 " Prof. Dr. Hans-Erich Reineck (1918-1999) - marine geologist"
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| 1995 [DU]
"Helms-Museum: Hamburg Museum for Archeology and History of Hamburg" [PM] - |
1998 - 2000 [DU]
"100 anniversary of Helms-Museum: Hamburg Museum for Archeology and History of Hamburg" [PM] - |
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| 2001 [DU] "Natural History Museum of Muenster" [PM] - |
2002 [DU] "Archeology museum in Gifhorn" [PM] - |
08.10.2005 "Great German scientists - Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919)" [Sp] - |
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| 22.10.2005 "450 years since dead of Georgius Agricola (1494-1555)" [Sp] | 2006 [DU] "Neanderthal Museum" [PM] - |
2006 [DU] "Balver cave" [PM] - |
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| 28.02.2007 "300th anniversary of J. Ch. Senckenberg" [Sp] [A1] | 13.10.2007 "100th anniversary of Senckenberg Museum" [Sp] | 12.10.2008 "32.000 years - Mammoth from ivory from Vogelherd cave by Lonetal" [Sp] - |
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| 2009-2010 [DU]
"Dinosaurs - giants from Argentina in Koenig Museum of Bonn 03.12-2009-06-06.2010" [PM] - |
19.09.2011 "20 years since discovery of "Oetzi" from Bronze age" [Sp] - |
2012 [DU] "Neanderthal Museum" [PM] |
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| 2012 "75 years of Neanderthal Museum (1937-2012)" [Sp] | 02.11.2017 "200th anniversary of the Senckenberg Natural Research Society" [Sp] | 25.05.2018 "International Philatelic Exhibit ÖVEBRIA 2018" [Sp] |
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| 09.06.2018 "150th anniversary of discovery of Dechen cave" [Sp] | 08.05.2025 "Europa: Archaeological Discoveries" [FDC] - |
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Some vintage postcards related to Paleontology: fossils
| Castle Banz (Bavaria), end of the 19th century | ||
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| Castle Banz (Bavaria), end of the 19th century | Steffelstein [VC1], beginning of the 20th century | |
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| Castle Banz (Bavaria), beginning of the 20th century [VC1]. | ||
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| Steinheim am Albuch (Baden-Wuerttemberg), end of the 19th century | ||
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Notes:
[VC1] Steffelstein is a village near Kloster Banz, only 5 km away. Ichthyosaurs depicted in the bottom-left corner.
[VC2] The postcard featuring the skull of an ichthyosaur is a photographic postcard..
References
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- [R1] Germany: Wikipedia WikiTravel FlagCounter
- [R2] Postal History and Philately of Germany:
Wikipedia
Links to official website of the Post Authority, stamp catalog and a list of new stamps of Germany are here,
Some local post companies who issued Paleontology or Paleoanthropology related post stamps: Biberpost, Briefmarke und mehr, Thueringen bote.
Philately Shops in Deutschland
Some museums who issued its own personalized stamps, related to Paleontology or Paleoanthropology: Neanderthal Museum, Museum Auberlehaus, Spengler Museum
- [R3] Plateosaurus: Wikipedia
- [R4] Steppe mammoth: Wikipedia, Spengler Museum
- [R5] Bilzingsleben site:
Wikipedia
- [R6] Brachiosaurus:
Wikipedia
Natural History Museum in Berlin: official website, Wikipedia.
Werner Janensch: Wikipedia. - [R7] Aquarium in West Berlin: Wikipedia (EN DE).
- [R8] Senckenberg Nature Research Society: Wikipedia, official website
- [R9] Bear caves: hoehlen.sonnenbuehl.de, Wikipedia.
- [R10] Seppenrade:
LWL-Naturkunde Museum
- [R11] Paleontological Museum of Munich: Official site, Virtual Tour, Facebook.
- [R12] Moselle: Wikipedia.
Acknowledgement
Dr. Peter Voice from Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Western Michigan University, for reviewing the draft page and his valuable comments.