Federal Republic of Germany
(FRG/West Germany and West Berlin)

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

Official stamps of Germany (FRG)
Official stamps of Private post companies of Germany
Some personalized stamps issued by Deutsche Post related to Paleontology
Some personalized stamps of local post companies related to Paleontology
Other stamps of Germany (FRG) to consider
Some stamps of West Berlin to consider
Other stamps of local post companies to consider

Post stationeries (prepaid postcards and covers)

Post stationery with imprinted stamps related to Paleontology and Paleoanthropology
Post stationery with cachet illustrations related to Paleontology and Paleoanthropology
Some personalized postal stationery of Deutsche Post AG with imprinted stamps related to Paleontology and Paleoanthropology
Other postal stationery of Deutsche Post to consider

Commemorative (illustrated but not prepaid) covers and postcards

Commemorative covers and postmarks of Paleontological Museums
Some commemorative covers and postcards issued for philatelic and Gem and MIneral Shows and meetings of philatelic clubs related to Paleontology and Paleoanthropology

Postmarks and meter franking issued by

Paleontological organizations, local communities where some fossils are found, official post companies for its FDC.
Philatelic clubs and societies for their annual events and shows with fossils and prehistoric animals
Mineral and Fossil shows
Other postmarks and meter franking to consider
Some commercial companies
Natural History Museums, contributors to Paleontology and Paleoanthropology science

References
Acknowledgements

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.

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)

There are no Paleontology nor Paleoanthropology related stamps issued by Reichspost and Deutsche Post under Allied control. However, there are several postcards with fossils depicted on them, issued since the middle of 1800s.

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.

Dinosaur on postcard of Germany 1912, Reichspost

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]

Official German Ersttablatt with Archaeopteryx stamp from 2011

Official German FDC with Archaeopteryx stamp from 2011

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]

07.08.2003 "Petrified forest Chemnitz"	10.08.2006 "Archeology in Germany: 150 years of discovery of Neandertaler"	04.09.2008 "Dinosaurs" ^[2]

02.01.2010 "Bicentennial of Berlin Natural History Museum" (mint and self-adhesive) ^[3]		11.08.2011 "150 years since discovery of Archaeopteryx"

Notes:

Messel Pit on commemorative postmark of Germany 1998

[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.

Official FDC with Dinosaur stamps of Germany 2008

FDC of for the Youth organization with Dinosaur stamps of Germany 2008

[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.

Mounted skeleton of Brachiosaurus in dinosaur hall of Natural History Museum in Berlin on post card of Germany 2010

[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]

Self adhesive stamps Bicentennial of Berlin Natural History Museum of Germany 2010

Mint and self adhesive stamps Bicentennial of Berlin Natural History Museum of Germany 2010

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"

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"

Notes:
[LN1] Two stamps of the set show the Steppe mammoth (Mammuthus trogontherii, sometimes Mammuthus armeniacus) from collection of the Spengler Museum.

Skeleton of Steppe mammoth in Spengler Museum on stamp of private post company "Suedharzer Stadt und Landkreiskurier" of Germany 2003

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 1^st, 2008, la ocal post operator in Thueringen region issued a set of five stamps "Historical sites of Soemmerda region".

Homo erectus bilzingslebenensis on stamp of private post of Germany 2014

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]

Sculptures of Triceratops in the front of Natural History Museum in Muenster on commemorative postmark of Germany 2011

Sculptures of Triceratops in the front of Natural History Museum in Muenster on stamp of "Brief und mehr" post company of Germany 2017

[LN3] On February 1^st 2017, private German post "Briefmarke und mehr" in cooperation with Natural History Museum in Muenster, issued a set of 6 stamps to commemorate the 125^th 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.

Dinosaur figures from 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.

Some personalized stamps Personalized stamps issued by Deutsche Post: "Marke Individuell"

09.10.2010 "Plateosaurus engelhardti" ^[SP1] issued by Museum Auberlehaus in Trossingen	04.05.2012 "75^th anniversary of Neanderthal Museum" ^[SP2] issued by Neanderthal Museum in Mettmann	2016 "160^th anniversary of Neandertal discovery (1856-2016)" issued by a private person

11.09.2022 "20^th anniversary of Geopark Thueringen" ^[SP3]

Notes:
[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.

The first appearance of Plateosaurus on a postal object is likely a postcard issued in 1910s.

[SP2]

Skull of Homo neanderthalensis and Dr. Johann Carl Fuhlrott on postmatrk of Germany 2006

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] [LNP1]} issued by Biberpost	2018 "Dinosaur park (Saurier) at Bautzen" ^[LNP2] issued by Lunebote

2020 "Treasures of German Paleontologic Museums (I): Munich" ^[LNP3] issued by Brief und mehr	2020 "Treasures of German Paleontologic Museums (II): Stuttgart" ^[LNP3] issued by Brief und mehr

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.

Mammoth hunting sculpture group from Dinosaur park (Saurier) at Bautzen

[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.
reconstruction of Lilienternus and Plateosaurus dinosaurs from exhibit of Natiral History Museum in Stuttgart

reconstruction of Lilienternus and Plateosaurus dinosaurs from exhibit of Natiral History Museum in Stuttgart

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 "100^th anniversary of Mining and Power Industries" ^[A2]	08.02.2007 "300^th anniversary of Johann Christian Senckenberg" ^[A1]

07.04.2016 "the Moselle" ^[A3]

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.

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 "100^th anniversary of Alfred Wegener" ^[BA1]

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.

Sculpture of Iguanodon in front on the aquarium in West Berlin

[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]

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]

2018 "150^th anniversary of discovery of Dechen cave ^[PS3]

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"

1980 "Natural History Museum in Coburg"		1980 "Jura museum im Eichstaett"

1990 "Ramapithecus"	2007 "Draw Dinosaur stamp competition" ^[PS5]	2009 "200^th anniversary of Charles Darwin"

02.11.2017 "200^th anniversary of The Senckenberg Natural Research Society" ^[PS6]

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 "20^th anniversary of Natural history and Mammoth museum in Siegsdorf" ^[PS7]

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

*Paleontological Museum of Munich* ^[R11] - issued for Fossil and Mineral trade show in Munich

Other German Paleontological Museums

1991 "200^th anniversary cover of Natural History Museum of Stuttgart"	1998 "30^th anniversary of Fossil Museum Berger"	2010 "Museum Auberlehaus in Trossingen "

2006, 2007 "Homo heidelbergensis Museum in Mauer"

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 5^th International mineral trade show in Dreieich	22.10.1978 International Mineral and Fossil trade show in Koblenz	24.10.1980 30^th anniversary of philatelic club in Hausham

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

22.05.1982 Mineral trade show in Bergheim	14.01.1983 Hewerbia'83 - annual meeting of Mineralogy-Paleontology-Speleology philatelic group in Herten Postmarks of different colors (postcard and letter).

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 15^th anniversary of Mineralogy-Paleontology-Speleology study unit

22.10.1988 25^th anniversary of philatelic gild in Trossingen	30.09.1990 Bottrop'90 60^th anniversary of philatelic club of Bottrop	15.05.1992 Stamps show in Neu-Isenburg

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

27.03.1994 The advertising stamps show and the 4^th 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 25^th anniversary and annual meeting of Mineralogy-Paleontology-Speleology study unit in Gerolstein

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

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

06.05.2016 50^th anniversary of "Mining, Geology and Energy" philatelic club

Some commemorative covers and postcards issued by commercial companies with illustrations of fossils and prehistoric animals

Stamp dealer Hermann E. Sieger		Winery brothers Mathis

Commemorative postmarks and meter franking of Germany related to Paleontology: dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, fossils, prehistoric humans, paleontologists.

Legend is here Due to large amount of such postmarks and meter franking they are listed in several groups:

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]}

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"

1971 "7^th International Congress on Stratigraphy and Geology of Carbon" ^[Sp]	1971 "7^th International Congress on Stratigraphy and Geology of Carbon" ^[Sp]	15.07.1972 "Seppenrade - Appointment to Rosen village" ^[Sp]

22.04.1973 "Coburg primitive dinosaur, visit Natural History Museum of Coburg" [PM]	1975 -1987 ^[DU] "Geological State Office North Rhine-Westphalia" ^[PM] Zip code changed over the years	1976 -1995 ^[DU] "Bears and Karls caves" ^{[PM] [C1]} Zip code changed over the years

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]

1978 ^[DU] "Cremlingen Community" ^[PM]	13.07.1978 "Fossils" ^[FDC]	1978-1994 ^[DU] "Messel Fossil site" ^[PM] Zip code changed over the years

1979-1985 ^[DU] "Solnhofen Fossils from Jurassic period" ^[PM] Different PLZ Zip code changed over the years	1980-1983 ^[DU] "Fossils from around the world - Fossil and Gallery Gehlen" ^[PM] Text position changed over the time	24.05-29.05.1980 "Reopening Natural History Museum of Dortmund on May 24 1980" ^[Sp]

21.10.1982 "75^th anniversary of Homo heidelbergensis" ^[Sp]	1983 ^[DU] "Geological State Office North Rhine-Westphalia" ^[PM]	24.07.1983 "50 years since discovery Homo Steinheimensis" ^[Sp]

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]

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]

04.06.1987 "75^th anniversary of Natural History Museum of Dortmund" ^[Sp]	1988 ^[DU] "Gerolstein region: prehistory, nature, experience" ^[PM]	1988 ^[DU] "Tourist information of Gerolstein" ^[PM]

1988 ^[DU] "Geological State Office North Rhine-Westphalia" ^[PM]	08.09.1989 "100^th anniversary of Mining and Power Industries" ^[A2]	1989 ^[DU] "State Museum of Natural History - Museum on Lowentor, Museum castle Rosensteinin Stuttgart" ^[PM]

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

31.05.1991 "200^th 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]

1992 ^[DU] "100^th 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 "100^th anniversary of Natural History Museum of North Rhine-Westphalia in Muenster" ^[Sp]

1993-1997 ^[DU] "Pterodactylus from mayor Mueller museum in Solnhofen" ^[PM] Post company name changed over the time	1993-2004 ^[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]

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]

1995-1999 ^[DU] "Prehistoric found in Holzmaden" ^[PM]	1995-2001 ^[DU] "State Museum of Natural History - Museum on Lowentor, Museum castle Rosenstein in Stuttgart" ^[PM] Currency and name of post company changed.	21.07.1996 "City festival in Riedenburg"

1997 ^[DU] "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]

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]

11.08.2001 "Opening of Dinotherium museum in Eppelsheim" ^[Sp] -	2001 "Creding city in Nature park Altmuehltal " ^[PM]	2002 ^[DU] "Society for Natural History in Württemberg"

2002 ^[DU] "Ice Age - human, mammoth and forces of nature exhibition in Historical Museum of the Palatinate Speyer" ^[PM]		2002-2012 ^[DU] Pottenstein ^[PM]

14.09.2002 "25^th anniversary of Prehistory museum in Old Town hall of Aalen" ^[Sp]	07.08.2003 "Petrified forest Chemnitz" ^[FDC]

	2004-2005 ^[DU] "Geological State Office North Rhine-Westphalia. Climate witnesses of the history of the earth: Mammoth from Ice age" ^[PM]	2003 ^[DU] "Nature History park of Altmuehltal" [PM].

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]}

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]

10.08.2006 "Archeology in Germany: 150^th anniversary of discovery of Neandertaler" ^[FDC]

10.08.2006 "Archeology in Germany: 150 years of discovery of Neandertaler" ^[FDC]

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]

04.09.2008 "Dinosaurs" ^{[FDC] [2]}

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]}

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]

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] -

18.09.2009 "Silesaurus, the oldest dinosaurs" ^[Sp]	10.10, 21.10.2009 "State Natural history Museum of Braunschweig, exhibit Dinosaur Project" ^[Sp]

24.11.2009 "200^thanniversary 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 "200^thanniversary of Natural history museum of Berlin" ^[FDC]

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]

11.08.2011 "150 years since discovery of Archaeopteryx" ^[FDC]

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]

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]

2017 ^[DU] "Solnhofen - the world in stone" ^[PM]	2017-2019 ^[DU] "Eichstaett" ^[PM]	07.06.2018 "150^th anniversary of Dechen cave discovery" ^[Sp]

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)

[C2] The biggest known Ammonite in the world was found at a mine near the town of Seppenrade on February 22^nd, 1895. It is about 1.80 meter in diameter, although the living chamber is incomplete. It is estimated that if complete, this specimen would have had a diameter of approximately 2.55 meters and weight 3.5 tones. Ths Ammonite has been classified at Parapuzosia seppenradensis and lived 70-80 million years ago. A smaller individual, 1.36 m in diameter was found at the same mine eight years earlier.
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 a>*

14.05.1976 "Regional stamp show in Lebach" ^[Sp]	02.10.1977 "15^th anniversary of stamp and coins collector club of Trossingen" ^[Sp]	25.10.1980 "30 years of philatelic club of Hausham" ? ^[Sp] -

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] -

07.10.1984 "22^nd 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]

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]

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] -

26.08.1989 "Stamps show - 100^th anniversary of Industrial Trade Mining and Energy" ^[Sp] -	17.09.1989 "Hewebria'89 - 100^th anniversary of Industrial Trade Mining and Energy (IGBE) - Stamps show" ^[Sp]	06-07.10.1990 "Mineralogy, Geology and Paleontology in Philately" ^[Sp] -

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]

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]

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]

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]

31.03.1995 "5^th 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]

09.06.1997 "Youth day of Stamp collectors" ^[Sp]	19.06.1998 "The day of young stamp collectors" ^[Sp]	12.09.1998 "25^th anniversary of Paleontology, Mineralogy and Speleology topic philatelic club" ^[Sp]

1998 ^[DU]"25^thaniversary 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]

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]

06.09.2003 "Sachsen day 2003, stamps adventure" ^[Sp] -	16.10.2004 "Gero-Phila 2004, 50^th 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]

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] "150^th anniversary of discovery of Neandertal, 40 years of philatelic club Arbeitsgemeinschaft Bergbau und Geowissenschaften (Working Group Mining and Geosciences e. V)" ^[PM]

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]

21.11.2008 "HABRIA'08 - youth stamp competition of Rank 2" ^[Sp]	12.02.2009 ^[DU]"150^th anniversary of Origin of Species, 200^th anniversary of Charles Darwin" ^[Sp]	15.04.2011 "Stamp collector club of Muenster. Dino meeting point" ^[Sp] -

06.05.2016 "50^th anniversary of philatelic club Arbeitsgemeinschaft Bergbau und Geowissenschaften (Working Group Mining and Geosciences e. V)" ^[Sp]

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]

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]

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] -

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] -

19.10.1980 "Minerals and Fossils market in City hall of Freiburg" ^[Sp] -	26.10.1980 "The 4^th big Mineral and Fossil market in Koblenz" ^[Sp]	05.04.1981 "Minerals and Fossils market in Fulda" ^[Sp]

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]

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 4^th Minerals and Fossils market in Dortmund. Stamps show of topical group Minerals and Paleontology" ^[Sp] -

06.11.1982 "The 5^th Minerals and Fossils market in Stuttgart" ^[Sp]	07.11.1982 "The 10^th 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]

15.10.1983 "Minerals and Fossils market in Freiburg" ^[Sp]	06.11.1983 "The 6^th Minerals and Fossils market in Stuttgart" ^[Sp] -	1984 ^[DU]"Minerals market in Fulda" ^[PM]

	27.05.1990 "International Minerals and Fossils market in Stuttgart" ^[Sp] -	02.12.1990 "International Minerals and Fossils market in Stuttgart" ^[Sp] -

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] -

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. 150^th anniversary of Paleontological Museum of Munich" ^[Sp]	25.04.1993 "Minerals and Fossils market in Iserlohn. Day of young stamp collectors" ^[Sp]

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. 7^th exemplar of Archaeopteryx" ^[Sp]

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]

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 41^th Minerals Days in Munich. Puzzle in stone" ^[Sp]

28.10.2005 "The 42^nd Minerals Days in Munich. Dream Agates & Fossils" ^[Sp]	03.11.2006 "The 43^rd Minerals Days in Munich. Prehistoric Rhino from Sandelhausen" ^[Sp]	30.10.2009 "The 46^th Minerals Days in Munich. Puzzle in stone" ^[Sp]

31.10.2010 "The 47^th Minerals Days in Munich. Special exhibit - Brazil" ^[Sp]	26.10.2012 "The 49^th Minerals Days in Munich. Special exhibit of African secrets" ^[Sp]	24.10.2014 "The 51^th Minerals Days in Munich. Special exhibit of the Treasure of the Universe – the great Meteorite.e" ^[Sp]

30.10.2015 "The 52^nd Minerals Days in Munich. Special exhibition - Ice age" ^[Sp]

Post marks and meter franking shows fossil-found places, buildings of Natural History Museums, contributors to Paleontology and Paleoanthropology science.