Czech Republic (Czechia) 1999 "Joachim Barrande and Czech Trilobites"
| Issue Date | 23.06.1999 |
| ID | Michel: 221-222; Scott: 3094a-3094b; Stanley Gibbons: 242; Yvert et Tellier: 216-217; Category: pP |
| Design | Graphic designer: Jan Kavan Engraver: Milo Ondrcek |
| Stamps in set | 2 |
| Values |
13 CZK - the portrait of the French geologist and paleontologist J. Barrande (1799 - 1883) 31 CZK - different kinds of trilobites: Deiphon forbesi, Ophioceras simplex, Carolicrinus barrndei Top right tab: Eudolatites dubius, crinoid, Guerichina strangulata, Dendrograptus klouceki Bottom left tab: Placoparia barrandei, Pompeckium kuthami, Tropidodiscus pusillus |
| Emission/Type | commemorative |
| Places of issue | Prague |
| Size (width x height) | 40mm x 26mm |
| Layout | Minis sheets of 2 stamps and 2 tabs |
| Products | FDC x2 |
| Paper | |
| Perforation | 11.5 x 11.75 |
| Print Technique | recess print from flat plate in yellow, blue, green, dark green and red |
| Printed by | Post Printing House |
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| Issuing Authority | Czech Post |
Joachim Barrande (1799 - 1883), was a French geologist and palaeontologist, whose attention was attracted to the fossils from the Lower Palaeozoic rocks of Bohemia (Czech Republic).
For ten years (1840-1850) he made a detailed study of these rocks, engaging workmen specially to collect fossils, and in this way he obtained upwards of 3500 species of graptolites, graptolites, brachiopods, molluscs, trilobites, and fish. He was a fervent advocate of the theory of the catastrophes (as taught by Georges Cuvier), thus opposing Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. Barrande's book described more than 4,000 fossil species, and it continues to be used as a reference book today.
Products and associated philatelic items
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References
- Technical details: Colnect
- Joachim Barrande: Wikipedia, Encyclopedia Britannica
Acknowledgements
Many thanks to Dr. Peter Voice, PhD Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Western Michigan University, USA, for his help in finding information and for review of a draft of this article.