South Korea 2006 "Gyeongnam Goseong Dinosaur World Expo 2006"
| Issue Date | 14.04.2006 |
| ID | Michel: 2514-2516; Scott: 220a-220b; Stanley Gibbons: 2861-2862; Yvert et Tellier: 2310-2311; Category:pR |
| Design | Shin, Jae-yong |
| Stamps in set | 2 |
| Value | 220 Won - Megaraptor 220 Won - Iguanodon |
| Emission/Type | commemorative |
| Issue place | |
| Size (width x height) | 33mm x 23mm |
| Layout | Sheet of 16 self-adhesive stamps |
| Products | FDC x1 |
| Paper | White Unwatermarked |
| Perforation | Serpentine Die Cut: 11.50 x 11.25 |
| Print Technique | Photogravure, four colors |
| Printed by | Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation |
| Quantity | 1.280.000 sets |
| Issuing Authority | Korea Post |
On June 14th, 2006, the Post Authority of South Korea issued the stamps set "Gyeongnam Goseong Dinosaur World Expo 2006" featuring two dinosaurs: Iguanodon and Megaraptor.
Below are, slightly corrected, quotes from official press release, of Korean Post, published on their website in 2006.
Gyeongnam Goseong Dinosaur World Expo 2006 was held in Goseong, South Gyeongsang Province, where multitudes of dinosaurs lived about 100 million years ago. In January 1982, the fossil footprints of dinosaurs of the Cretaceous Period, Mesozoic Era were discovered in Goseong, South Gyeongsang Province. As many as 10,000 dinosaur fossil footprints have been identified in the vicinity of the Goseong area, particularly in the region of Sangjokam beach: the world's largest (115 cm) and smallest (9 cm) fossil footprints of sauropod dinosaurs, fossils of dinosaur eggs and that of Cretaceous Period birds, to name a few. These fossil findings make Goseong a site of high academic value in the study of the Cretaceous Period.
Currently, Goseong is recognized as one of 3 sites in the world with the largest number of dinosaur footprint fossils, together with Colorado of the U.S. and the Western Beach of Argentina.
The 52-day Expo ran from April 14 to July 4 under the theme of the mysteries of dinosaurs, the earth and life. It provided a valuable opportunity to encounter, in virtual reality, various dinosaur bones and fossils and to experience the lives of dinosaurs that lived a hundred million years ago. Numerous other events were held as well including an international academic symposium on dinosaurs and international fossil/mineral exhibit, etc.
In anticipating that the Gyeongnam Goseong Dinosaur World Expo 2006 was resounding success, a new stamps were issued featuring Iguanodon, a grass-eating dinosaur, and Megaraptor, a meat-eating dinosaur.
The Gyeongnam Goseong Dinosaur World Expo keeps going and welcomes visitors between April and June every year. Below is a short video from 2020.
Products and associated philatelic items
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| First-Day-of-Issue Postmark (the same design but different colors) | ||
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| First-Day-of-Issue Postmark | Mini-Sheet | |
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| This is the permanent postmark, introduced few years before the Expo-2006. Example from 2004 is here | ||
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References
Technical details and short press releases:
Korean stamp postal services, 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.