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Niger
Fossils, dinosaurs, prehistoric animals and humans on stamps of Niger

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  • Country overview
  • Philately at Niger
  • Official stamps of Niger related to Paleontology
  • References

Niger, officially the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. Niger became independent from France in 1960 and experienced single-party and military rule until 1991. Niger covers a land area of almost 1,270,000 km2, making it the largest country in West Africa, with over 80 percent of its land area covered by the Sahara Desert. The country's predominantly Islamic population of 17 Mio. people about is mostly clustered in the far south and west of the country. The capital city is Niamey, located in the far-southwest corner of Niger. Niger is a developing country, and is consistently one of the lowest-ranked in the United Nations' Human Development Index. Much of the non-desert portions of the country are threatened by periodic drought and desertification. The economy is concentrated around subsistence and some export agriculture clustered in the more fertile south, and the export of raw materials, especially uranium ore. Niger faces serious challenges to development due to its landlocked position, desert terrain, high fertility rates and resulting overpopulation without birth control, poor education and poverty of its people, lack of infrastructure, poor health care, and environmental degradation.
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In 1920, Niger was separated from Upper Senegal & Niger and became a separate colony. The first stamps used in the new colony were stamps of Upper Senegal and Niger overprinted TERRITOIRE DU NIGER in 1921. The same stamps were surcharged in 1922. From 1926, stamps marked prominently NIGER and in smaller letters AFRIQUE OCCIDENTALE FRANCAISE were issued.
The first stamps of Niger as an autonomous republic were issued in 1959 and are marked Republique du Niger. Stamps up to the 1970s tended to be large engraved issues similar to other former French colonies, including stamps featuring famous paintings like those of France. Later, more cheaply produced stamps were issued but designs continue to be large pictorials, typically of local relevance with some issues designed to appeal internationally to thematic stamp collectors. [R2]
In 2013 Niger became a client of Stamperija agency who start produce many hundreds stamps every year on behalf of Niger.

Official stamps of Niger related to Paleontology: Fossils, dinosaurs, prehistoric animals and humans

15.11.1976 "Archeology" [1] 14.12.1977 "Archeology" [2] 10.12.1996 "Dinosaurs"
Prehistoric animals on stamps of Niger 1976 Prehistoric animals on stamps of Niger 1977 Prehistoric animals on stamps of Niger 1996
27.10.2000 "Prehistoric flying animals"
27.10.2000 "Modern and extinct animals"
15.04.2013 "Dinosaurs"
30.09.2013 "Prehistoric Humans"
20.12.2013 "Dinosaurs"
25.06.2014 "Extinct Animals"
10.09.2014 "Flying dinosaurs" [3]
13.10.2014 "Dinosaurs"
Prehistoric animals on stamps of Niger 2000 Prehistoric animals on stamps of Niger 2013 Prehistoric animals on stamps of Niger 2014
25.02.2015 "Dinosaurs"
20.04.2015 "Extinct Animals"
20.04.2015 "Prehistoric Marine Animals"
20.07.2015 "Dinosaurs"
20.07.2015 "Dinosaurs"
28.12.2015 "Dinosaurs"
29.05.2016 "Dinosaurs"
15.04.2016 "Extinct animals"
24.10.2016 "Cave painting"
24.10.2016 "Prehistoric Marine Animals"
12.05.2017 "Extinct animals"
03.07.2017 "Dinosaurs"
03.07.2017 "Stamps on stamps"
20.11.2017 "Prehistoric water animals"
20.11.2017 "135 anniversay since death of Charles Darwin"
28.12.2017 "Flying dinosaurs" [3]
Prehistoric animals on stamps of Niger 2015 Prehistoric animals on stamps of Niger 2016 Prehistoric animals on stamps of Niger 2016
24.04.2018 "Dinosaurs"
24.10.2018 "Prehistoric flying animals"
24.10.2018 "Prehistoric water animals"
27.02.2019 "Dinosaurs"
27.02.2019 "Meteorites"
27.02.2019 "210th anniversary of Charles Darwin"
27.02.2019 "Flying Dinosaurs" [3]
27.02.2019 "Shells and Fossils "
27.02.2019 "Extinct animals "
26.06.2019 "Dinosaurs"
12.07.2019 "African Union Conference – Niger 2019"
20.12.2019 "Dinosaurs"
25.03.2020 "Flying Dinosaurs" [3]
06.06.2020 "Dinosaurs"
06.06.2020 "Extinct species"
Prehistoric animals on stamps of Niger 2018 Prehistoric animals on stamps of Niger 2019 Prehistoric animals on stamps of Niger 2020

Notes:

[1] One stamp from the set shows dinosaur skeleton, Ouranosaurus nigeriensis

[2] Skull of prehistoric crocodyl Sarcosuchus Imperator that lived 112 million years ago, depicting on yellow stamp

[3] Dinosaurs are terrestrial animals per definition, therefore the title of Flying Dinosaurs is nonsense. Flying reptiles called Pterosaurs.



References:

 [R1] More information about Niger are on Wikipedia WikiTravel FlagCounter
 [R2] Some information about postal history of Niger on Wikipedia
Links to Niger post authority and stamps catalog websites are here



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