Issue Date | 09.11.1999 (was on sale till 22.03.2000) |
ID | Michel: 24.1-27.1 Scott: Stanley Gibbons: Yvert: UPU: N/A Category: pR |
Author | Jose Projecto/Mariana Santos |
Stamps in set | 4 self-adhesive ATM labels |
Value | Sauropod with footprints, Lourinhasaurus, Allosaurus, Dacentrurus. |
Size (width x height) | 55x30 mm |
Layout | stripe of 4 self adhesive labels |
Products | FDC x2 The same cover but once with Amiel machine stamps and another one with SMD machine stamps. |
Paper | |
Perforation | none |
Print Technique | Offset |
Printed by | Ovelar/Spain |
Quantity | N/A |
Issuing Authority | CTT Correios de Portugal |
In November 1999 Post Authority of Portugal introduce new set of machine (ATM) stamps with title "Dinosaurs of Portugal" (Dinossurios em Portugal). Four different stamp-template depicting some dinosaurs and some of their footprints. Fossilized remains of all dinosaurs depicting on the stamps as well as their footprints are found in Portugal. This issue was design by Jos Projecto and Mariana Santos . The ATM's were printed by the Ovelar spanish firm that is known to print the first Epelsa ATM's for Spain . These dinosaur ATM stamps issued with 7 predefined values from PTE (Portuguese Escudo) 5o to PTE 350, see a table below for more details. Like in the other ATM issues it was possible to obtain some errors and varieties like double printings, missing numbers , and many others .
Change of postal rates on dinosaur ATM stamps of Portugal between 1999 and 2003 | ||||||||
Year of issue | Correio normal (regulat mail) | Correio Azul (priority mail) | Amiel machine SMD machine |
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Domestic, up to 20 g. |
Domestic, up to 100 g. |
Spain, up to 20 g. |
Europe, except Spain, up to 20 g. |
Rest
of the world,
up to 20 g. |
Domestic, up to 20 g |
International up to 20 g. |
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1999-2001 | *50.00* | *85.00* | *95.00* | *100.00* | *140.00* | *80.00* | *350.00* | |
2000 | *50.00$ / €0.25 | *85.00$ / €0.42 | *95.00$ / €0.45 | *100.00$ / €0.50 | *140.00$ / €0.70 | *80.00$ / €0.42 | *350.00$ / €1.75 | |
2002 | €0.27 | €0.45 | €0.46 | €0.54 | €0.70 | €0.43 | €1.75 | |
2003 | €0.30 | €0.46 | €0.47 | €0.55 | €0.70 | €0.43 | €1.75 |
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These dinosaur ATM stamps were on sale less than half an year, till 22.03.2000. Since 21.02.2000 ATM machines print out stamps with values at both currencies: Escudos and Euro and later on between January and March of 2002 in Euro currency only.
First Day Cover (FDC) has a post mark of City Lourinh. Lourinh is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 147.2 km and a total population of 24,601 inhabitants. The seat of the municipality is the town of Lourinh, with a population of 8,800 inhabitants.The municipality is composed of 11 parishes, and is located in the District of Lisbon.
The Museu da Lourinh holds the main dinosaur collection. The museum was founded in 1984 by GEAL - Grupo de Etnologia e Arqueologia da Lourinh (Lourinh's Group of Ethnology and Archeology).
The museum has very complete exhibits of archaeology and ethnology, but the main focus of the museum is the palaeontology hall, which presents casts of famous dinosaurs, as well as fossils recovered from the Late Jurassic Lourinh Formation. Among these is the famous theropod nest found at the beach of Paimogo, which contains eggs with embryos inside, probably belonging to Lourinhanosaurus.
Some 150 million years ago, Western Portugal was a great coastal basin with plentiful supplies of water and vegetation that made it an ideal habitat for dinosaurs. At one site of particular interest, a group of female dinosaurs once gathered to lay their eggs in the calm waters of the lagoon. The youngest stood 6 metres tall, with the eldest some 8 metres. Each laid 20 eggs, measuring 12 cm each.
Today, visitors can see the fossilized remains of the eggs of 180 carnivorous dinosaurs making it the largest such nest in the world - and uniquely the eggs contained embryos. This is how Portugal stamped its mark on the map of palaeontology.
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Last update 23.11.2017
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