North Korea 2011 "Dinosaurs"

Issue Date	05.09.2011
ID	Michel: 5791-5793; Scott: 5039a-c ; Stanley Gibbons: 5076-5078; Yvert et Tellier: 4057-4058; Category: pR
Design
Stamps in set	3
Value	42 W - Megalosaurus bucklandi 98 W - Staurikosaurus pricei 140 W - Chasmosaurus belli
Emission/Type	commemorative
Issue place
Size (width x height)	85mm x 65mm
Layout	6 stamps (2 sets) in Mini-Shet both perforated andimperforated
Products	FDC x2, PS x1, Booklet x2
Paper
Perforation	12.25 x 12
Print Technique	Offset lithography
Printed by
Quantity	30.000 perfoрatred sets, 1.000 imperforated sets, 1.000 mini-sheets with perforated stamps 750 mini-sheets with imperforate stamps 500 booklets with perforated stamps 250 booklets with imperforate stamps
Issuing Authority	Korea Stamp Corporation

On September 5^th, 2011, the Post Authority of North Korea issued the set of three dinosaur stamps. These stamps were issued as a booklet and Mini-Sheet of two sets. Some more dinosaurs are depicted on the margin on the bottom side of the sheet. Similar products exist with imperforate stamps too.

Fossils of none of these dinosaurs have been unearthed in North Korea.

• Megalosaurus is a genus of large meat-eating theropod dinosaurs that lived during the Middle Jurassic in Southern England.
• Staurikosaurus is a genus of dinosaur from the Late Triassic of Brazil, found in the Santa Maria Formation of Paleorrota Geopark.
• Chasmosaurus is a genus of ceratopsid dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of North America.

Products and associated philatelic items

FDC	Aerogramme	Postal Stationery
First-Day-of-Issue Postmark	Booklets	Proof strip
Perforated Mini-Sheet	Imperforate Mini-Sheet

References

Technical details and official press release: colnect.

Acknowledgements

Many thanks to Dr. Peter Voice from Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Western Michigan University, for review of a draft of this article.