Philatelic exhibits related to Animal and Human Evolution

This area of the Paleophilatelie website allows stamp collectors to share their philatelic exhibits, related to the topics of this website.
This allows viewers to view exhibits that they might not be able to see otherwise.
Visitors are able to see these exhibits and be able to examine and learn from them and hopefully get energized and exhibit themselves.

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On February 24^th, 2022 Russian army, with support of Belarus, invaded Ukraine territory and currently bombing peaceful cities and killing civilians all over the territory of Ukraine.
On March 3^rd, 2022 the Federation of European Philatelic Associations (FEPA) and the International Philatelic Federation (Fédération Internationale de Philatélie - FIP) banned Russian and Belarussian philatelists from their stamp shows.
The FEPA statement is: "The Board’s recommendation to its Members is that they should not permit participation from Russia and Belarus of any kind in their philatelic events for the foreseeable future."
The FIP statement is: "The FIP Board ... recommend that the Organismg Commlttees of the FIP World Exhibitions in 2022, to seek the withdrawal of the participation of Russian and Belarusian exhibits ..."

Philatelic Exhibits about Prehistoric Animals and their Evolution

Ammonites (Ammoniten)	Prehistoric Marine Reptiles (Praechistorische Meeresreptilien)	Pterosaurs (Flugsauriers)	Dinosaurs in Europe (Dinosaurier Funde in Europa)	Dinosaurs in China and Mongolia (Dinosaurier Funde in China und Mongolei)
Dinosaurs (general and research)	Dinosaurs (Collectors, Researchers and Artists)	Archaeopteryx	Wollhaarmammut (Woolly Mammoth)
Presentations provided by Mr. Rudolf Hofer, Switzerland, who is the technical editor of Paleontology section of "Arbeitsgemeinschaft Bergbau und Geowissenschaften e. V." community (Mining and Geosciences Working Group). Language: German

Paleontology	Bringing Dinosaurs back to life	Landmark Dinosaur Discoveries		A Journey to the Time of Dinosaurs	The Complete T rex
Presentation created by Michael Kogan (Admin of this site), Germany. Language: English	Presentations provided by Jon Noad, Alberta, Canada, Language: English			Presentations provided by Mrs. Romina Aimar, Argentina Languages: English and Spanish	Author: Fran Adam, USA Language: English

Darwin and Evolution	Sinclair postmarks		Oil and Dinosaurs		Chocolate Dinosaurs and Meaty Mammals (open class)
Presentation provided by Jos van den Bosch, Netherlands, Language: German	Presentation provided by Fran Adams, USA, Language: English		Presentation provided by Dominique Robillard, France, Language: English & French		Presentation provided by Susan Jones, USA Language: English Format: A3

Philatelic catalogs which can help to create an exhibit about prehistoric animals

The only recently printed stamps catalog of Dinosaur and Prehistoric animal stamps. Paperback (A5 format), 160pages, issued in December 2019. Approx. 2500 colour illustrations and about 20 000 price quotations.	"The World of Prehistoric Fishes and their Reflection in Philately", by Hans Ulrich Ernst, Oliver Hampe. Published in 2018. Preview of some pages is here. Amazon: USA, UK, DE	"Nautilids and Ammonites worldwide - the world of Cephalopods and their reflection in Philately", by Hans Ulrich Ernst, Christian Klug. Published in 2011. Preview of some pages is here Amazon: UK, DE	"Trilobites worldwide - the world of trilobites and their reflection in Philately", by Hans Ulrich Ernst, Frank Rudolph. Published in 2002. Preview of some pages is here Amazon: USA, UK, DE
Language: German (an introduction to English speaking reader is here, symbols translation to Russian is here)	Dr. med. Hans Ulrich Ernst, coauthor of all 3 book, is an active member of German Mining and Geosciences philatelic club (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Bergbau und Geowissenschaften), where he published many "Paleophilately" related articles, include updates to his books. To date (2021), there are 9 updates of the Trilobites and 10 updates of Nautilids and Ammonites book. Members of the club, can get it for free as they get access to many old magazines where these list, as well as many other "Paleophilately" related articles were published. Most of it in German, but some are in English.

Philatelic Exhibits about Human Evolution

Die Evolution des Menschen	Neandertal	Human Evolution	Dark Caves - Bright Visions	The Human Adventure in Prehistory		THE EVOLUTION OF PREHISTORIC MEN (The Hominines)
Author: Peter Brandhuber, Germany Language: German	Author: Fran Adams, USA Language: English	Presentation provided by Fernando Muoz, Spain Language: English	Presentation provided by Fran Adams, USA, Language: English	Presentation provided by Vincent Davis, France, Language: French		Presentation provided by Dominique Robillard, France, Language: English & French

Youth Philately: philatelic exhibits created by young philatelists

Vielfaeltiges Leben im Mittelalter der Erde (Diverse live in middle age of the earth)	The World of Dinosaurs Мир Динозавров
Presentation provided by Torben Spingler (16), Germany Language: German	Presentation provided by Dmitij Matrenichev (14), Belarus Language: Russian

Philatelic Exhibits about "living-fossils" or modern animals with some slides about Prehistoric Animals

Catch them if you can	Evolve - A Beak at Evolution	The African Coelacanth Latimeria chalumnae
Presentation provided by Vera Radnell, Australia. Language: English	Presentation provided by Vijay Wadhwa, India. Language: English	Presentation provided by Susan Jones, USA Language: English Format: A3

Presentations about Animals and Human Evolution, illustrated by Philatelic items (PDF files)

Catalogue with philatelic artworks about the topic „Evolution of mankind and philately“, by Peter Brandhuber	Evolution of mankind and Philately, by Dr. John Hawks and Peter Brandhuber	Fossile Menschen, by Mr. Rudolf Hofer	Ammoniten/Ammonites, by Mr. Rudolf Hofer
Mr. Peter Brandhuber collects stamps and philatelic material related to the topics „Paleoanthropology“, „Evolution of mankind“, „Stone tools“, „Cave and rock paintings“, „Charles Darwin“ and „Evolution“ for 30 years now. Meanwhile, he owns a very large collection covering these topics including a lot of artwork. The catalogue covers all artwork known that covers these topics. If you know another one feel free to contact Peter Brandhuber.	Dr. John Hawk is an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. On January 1st 2021 John Hawks began to publish every day a picture of famous human fossils illustrated by himself on his blog and twitter account. Peter Brandhuber discovered these absolute stunning and beautiful illustrations and had the idea to combine the beautiful images with philatelic materials like stamps or postal cancellations.	The presentation, in German, was created by Mr. Rudolf Hofer. It is about the Human Evolution and its representation in philately	This presentation, in German, was created by Mr. Rudolf Hofer. It is about ammonites and their representation in philately.

Der Neandertaler im Wandel der Zeit, by Mr. Peter Brandhuber	Die Eiszeiten/the Ice Ages, by Mr. Rudolf Hofer	Bernstein/Amber, by Mr. Rudolf Hofer
The presentation, in German, was created by Mr. Peter Brandhuber. It is about Neandertal and its representation in philately.	The presentation, in German, was created by Mr. Rudolf Hofer. It is about the Ice Ages and its representation in philately	The presentation, in German, was created by Mr. Rudolf Hofer. It is about the Ice Ages and its representation in philately	The presentation, in German, was created by Mr. Rudolf Hofer. It is about the Dinosaur variations and their representation in philately

Paleophilately - the place where Paleontology meets philately, by Michael Kogan	Going Postal: Dinosaurs on stamps, by Jon Noad	Fossils, Natural Heritage and Philately, by Dr. Ajit Vartak	DINO-Philately, a new look at our old friends, by Vikram Vakil, PhD Student of The University of Queensland, Australia
These slides were presented by Michael Kogan, author of this website, during Virtual Stampex 2025 show on March 8th, 2025.	These slides were presented by Dr. Jon Noad, Senior Palaeontologist, Stantec Consulting; University of Adelaide for the Alberta Palaeontological Society in Canada in January 2025. The presentation (1h about), available on YouTube.	These slides were presented by Dr. Ajit Vartak during "Earth Science Week 2023" on October 11th, 2023. The presentation (1h about), available on YouTube.	These slides were presented by Vikram Vakil, PhD Student of The University of Queensland, Australia during "Earth Science Week 2023" on October 13th, 2023. The presentation (1h about), available on YouTube.

One-page exhibits related to Paleontology and Paleoanthropology.

"Vertebrate Paleontology", by Michael Kogan	"Dimorphodon", by Fran Adams	"First Neanderthal", by Fran Adams	"Ichthyosaurs - fish-lizard", by Michael Kogan	"Megaloceros giganteus", by Michael Kogan

The following one-page exhibits were made by Mr. Fran Adams from USA

"The Age of Reptiles in U.S. Art"	"Man who witnessed the Flood"	"The Smithsonian Institution"
"The Chinese Horses of Lascaux"	"Piltdown Man - Sir Arthur Keith perpetrator or victim?"

Posters with philatelic items related to Paleontology.

Brachiopods in Philately (Poster) Created by Dr. Giuseppe Buono	Cephalopods on stamps (Poster) Created by Dr. A.V. Varttak	The posters above created by Prof. Dr. Antonio Carlos Sequeira Fernandes, Professor of National Museum of Brazil, Department of Geology and Paleontology.		Alfred Russel Wallace on Postage Stamps (Poster) Created by Prof. Indraneil Das, Professor at the University of Malaysia Sarawak

Acknowledgements:
Many thanks to Dr. Peter Voice from Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Western Michigan University, for his help to find an information and share scans of postmarks from his collection for this article, the draft page review and his valuable comments.