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Portugal 2000 "Dinosaurs of Portugal" (Dinossurios em Portugal)

Issue Date	21.02.2000 @ Amiel machine (on sale till 31.12.2001) 13.03.2000 @ SMD machine (on sale till 31.12.2001)
ID	Michel: 29-32 Scott: Stanley Gibbons: Yvert: UPU: N/A Category: pR
Author	Jose Projecto
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 - none
Paper
Perforation	none
Print Technique	Offset
Printed by	Ovelar/Espanha
Quantity	N/A
Issuing Authority	CTT Correios de Portugal

dinosaurs on ATM stamps of Portugal 2000

In 2000 Portugal as well as another 15 European countries start some preparation to use a common currency -EURO. As part of the preparations all prices on every thing are written in both local and EURO currencies till the EURO money replace local currencies in Jan. 2002. The same changes are done for the dinosaur ATM stamps too. First stamps with double currency issued on Feb. 21 at Amiel machines and on March 13 at SMD one.

Since November 1999 till March 2002 Post Authority of Portugal issued 3-5 various sets of machine (ATM) stamps per year. "Dinosaurs of Portugal" stamps are one of them. Four different stamp-template depicting some dinosaurs and their footprints. Fossilized remains of all of them as well as their footprints are found in Portugal.

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
Year of issue	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.
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

Notes:

Distinguished from year 1999, in 2000 Escudo 85 stamps was available at ATM machines, as well as at philatelic desks of Portuguese Post.
Amiel and SMD ATM machines at Philatelic Service Center programmed differently as similar machines at Post Offices. Stamps are issued by ATM machines at Philatelic Service Center used a point (".") as Euro value separator (€0.25 for example). ATM machines at Post Offices used a coma (",") as Euro value separator (€0,25 for example). Stamps with coma are more difficult to get and are more expensive according to Afinsa, national stamp catalogue.

Similar to 1999, these stamps were on sale in two different ATM machine: AMIEL and SMD. The printing looks very similar in both machines , but the Euro symbol is different. The Euro symbol on the SMD stamps it is more round than on AMIEL stamps. Moreover, stamps issued by Amiel machine uses bold and larger text. (Compare to stamps from 1999, text on dinosaur ATM stamps of Amiel machine from 2000 is bit smaller). Stamps of are issued by SMD machine had smaller and thin text on it

Zoomed Amiel face value

Zoomed SMD face value

Here are some examples:

Stamp issued by Amiel machine	Stamp issued by SMD machine

Supplying materials

FDC	Circulated covers

Stamps variations (blank, test, all face values etc.)	Stamps variations (blank, test, all face values etc.)

Acknowledgement:

Many thanks to fellow stamp collectors Vitor Vieira and José Lalanda Jorge from Portugal, for his help to find some information about these stamps and who share scans of some stamps and covers.

References: Atms Portugal ATM-World

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