Yugoslavia 1985 "Fossils"
| Issue Date | 4.2.1985 |
| ID | Michel: 2092-2095 Scott: Stanley Gibbons: Yvert: UPU: N/A Category: pF |
| Author | Radomir Bojanic |
| Stamps in set | 4 |
| Value | 5 D Aturia aturi 6 D Pachyophis woodwardi 33 D Chaetodon hoeferi 60 D Homo sapiens neanderthalensis skull |
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| Products | FDC x1 MS x4 |
| Layout | 4 Minisheets, 25 stamps each |
| Paper | Chalky |
| Perforation | 12.5 x 13.25 |
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| Printed by | ZIN, Beograd |
| Quantity | 5 D Aturia aturi (400,000) 6 D Pachyophis woodwardi (400,000) 33 D Chaetodon hoeferi (400,000) 60 D Homo sapiens neanderthalensis skull (230,000) |
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In 1985 the Post of Yugoslavia issued a set of four stamps on which the following fossil are presented: Aturia aturi, Pachyophis woodwardi, Chaetodon hoeferi and Homo sapiens neanderthalensis skull.
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| Homo sapiens neanderthalensis on stamp of Yugoslavia 1985 MiNr.: ; Scott: . |
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The remains of Neanderthal man in Yugoslavia were first discovered in 1899 in a semi cave on the Husnjako brdo (=hill) in Krapina (northwest part of Croatia) by Dragutin Gorjanovi6-Kramberger who was a discoverer and the first explorer of this archeological find. In addition to the find of Neanderthal man in Krapina, in northwest Croatia, the following two finds are known in the caves Velika pećina (=cave) on Ravna gora and the Vindija Cave near Donja Voća village. Homo sapiens sapiens was found in the Veternica Cave near Zagreb.
Remains of the Neanderthal man depicting on some stamps of Croatia: 1999, 2012
Products and associated philatelic items
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