| Issue Date | 01.01.2002 (was on sale till 01.03.2002 only) |
| ID | Michel: 36-39 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 |
On January 1st of 2002 15 Europenean countries replace their local currency with a common one - EURO (€). This make more easier travel for citizens of these countries and make much more easier trade for corporations and private persons - all prices on every thing sales in those countries are written in EURO. The same changes are done for ATM stamps too. Only Euro (€) currency are written on ATM stamps of Portugal since 01.01.2002
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.
In 2002 the dinosaur ATM stamps were on sale in four different machines. AMIEL, SMD and ePost NEWVISION 2000 ( Newvision machine introduced in December 2000) printed stamps with 7 predefined values as in the table below. Stamps issued by Amiel machine made bold and large text, some stamps are in black. Stamps of are issued by SMD machine had medium size text on it. Stamps of are issued by epost-Newvision machine had small size text on it. ePost NEWVISION M (Modular) machine, has more than 30 pre-programmed rates for various weight categories. Dinosaur stamps with ePost NEWVISION M values are very rare.
| 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) | |||||
| 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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Here are some examples of the
dinosaur stamps variations:
| Stamps issued by Amiel machine | Stamps of are issued by epost-Newvision machine | Stamps of are issued by SMD machine |
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Related:
Portugal 2002 "Examples of circulated covers"
Portugal 2000 "Dinosaurs of Portugal"
Portugal 1999 "Dinosaurs of Portugal"
| Stamps variations | Used covers |
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Acknowledgement :
Many thanks to fellow stamp collector 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.
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Last update 24.11.2017
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