Suriname 2022 "Dinosaurs"


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Issue Date 02.11.2022
ID Michel: Scott: Stanley Gibbons: Yvert: UPU: Category: pR
Designer Studio Labranda
Stamps in set 5
Value C (SRD 66.50) Brachiosaurus
SRD 40.00 Stegosaurus
SRD 50.00 Triceratops
SRD 60.00 Tyrannosaurus Rex
SRD 100.00 Velociraptor
Size (width x height)
Layout Mini-Sheet of 10 (2 sets)
Products FDC x1
Paper Stamp paper without watermark
Perforation 13¾ x 14
Print Technique 4 colours offset
Printed by Oostenrijkse Statsdrukkerij
Quantity
Issuing Authority
Dinosaurs on stamp of Suriname 2022


On November 2nd, Post Authority of Suriname issued their first stamps set of "Dinosaurs".
These stamps were issued as mini-sheets consisting of 2 rows of 5 stamps. One interesting quirk of these stamps is the second row is flipped. The total face value of the stamps set is 316.50SRD equivalent to €11 about. It seems too expensive for such a poor country as Suriname, with per capita of approximately $8,323.

Moreover, none of these dinosaurs depicted on these stamps have been found in Suriname:
  • Brachiosaurus - fossils of the genus have been found in North America
  • Stegosaurus - fossils of the genus have been found in the western United States and in Portugal
  • Triceratops - fossils of the genus have been found in USA and Canada
  • Tyrannosaurus Rex - fossils of the genus have been found in western North America
  • Velociraptor - fossils of the genus have been found in Mongolia and China
Most of the rock record of Suriname is Precambrian in age - much too old for Dinosaurs. In the northern part of the country, there are some Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic rocks - the Late Cretaceous rocks could host dinosaurs - but they would likely be more closely related to South American dinosaurs and not the animals found in western North America and Mongolia.



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