Links to useful online philatelic resources

Paleophilately related Thematical websites, blogs and clubs:

Websites

• StampedOut - prehistoric life on stamps.
  A website that covers a large amount of philatelic material depicting prehistoric life. Includes a comprehensive list of extinct species on stamps.
• Geology on postage stamps (last time updated in 2022)
  A significant selection of geologic postage stamps: rocks, minerals, fossils, mines, oil, etc...
• Biology on stamps
  Multilanguage site about biology and paleontology related stamps.
• Archeofil - Archeology and Anthropology on stamps (in Polish).
• Dinosaurs on Stamp
• Fossil on stamps (last time updated in 2007)
• Archaeopteryx on stamps

Blogs

• Dinostampnew (dead blog - last updated in 2008, but has many interesting articles)
• Hominidae (dead blog - last updated in 2010, but has many interesting articles)
• The Mesozoic Times (dead blog - last updated in 2017, but has many interesting articles)

Clubs

• Biophilately Study Group of American Topical Association, USA. Short presentation of the club is here.
• Arbeitsgemeinschaft Bergbau und Geowissenschaften e. V., Germany (Mining and Geosciences Working Group). Short presentation of the club is here.

Thematical Philately (not related to Paleontology):

• Ukrainian resistance to Russian aggression through Philately
• Bisons on stamps
• Natural Science Stamps
• Stamp Raider - Archeology on stamps and covers
• Unusual stamps (in Italian)
• Motivarbeitsgemeinschaft Allgemeine Zoologie e.V., Germany (Motif working group general zoology)
• My Postbox (mails from around the world)

Stamp Catalogs

Major stamp Catalogs:

• MICHEL (Germany)
• Scott (USA)
• Stanley Gibbons (UK)
• Yvert & Tellier (France)

Alternative stamp catalogs:

• WNS - The WNS (for WADP Numbering System) is the worldwide numbering system for postage stamps created by the Universal Postal Union (UPU) and the World Association for the Development of Philately (WADP). It list stamps of many countries issued after 2002.
• Stamps of the World (SOTW) - Stamps of the World Wiki has been created to allow information about philately to be freely available to collectors.
• StampWorld - the largest on-line stamp catalogue
• Colnect - (collect + connect ==> Colnect) is a comprehensive online solution for collectors of mass-produced collectibles (stamps, coins, phonecards and so many more) revolutionizing the collecting experience by providing online personal collection management within a designated community.
• Woldwide stamp catalogues
• Phildom (Spain)

Philatelic News:

• Linn's stamps news (USA), Linn's listing by topic (includes Scott numbers)
• Wopa news - most recent stamps of over 3 dozen of countries
• Deutsche Briefmarke Zeitung - German philatelic Magazine.
• MICHEL News (in German)

YouTube Channels:

• Exploring Stamps
• American Topical Association
• The American Philatelic Society
• Bund Deutscher Philatelisten

Major Philatelic Organizations:

• Federation Internationale de Philatelie (FIP)
• FIP Thematic Philately Commission
  Archive of TCNews Magazines (PDF)
• The Federation of European Philatelic Associations (FEPA) - the latest news and updates from Philatelic Europe.
• Association Internationale de Journalistes Philatélique (AIJP)
• The American Philatelic Society (APS), several full sample issues of APS's magazines.
• American Philatelic Research Library (online).
• American Topical Association (ATA)
• American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors (AAPE)
• The Smithsonian Postal Museum
• The Royal Philatelic Society London
• The Association of British Philatelic Societies
• British Thematic Association (BTA).
• The Postal Museum London
• Bund Deutscher Philatelisten (BDPh) - German Philatelic Association
• Italian Center for Thematic Philately (CIFT).
• EUROPA stamps - special stamps issued by European postal administrations/enterprises and bears the official EUROPA logo.
• SEPAC - the small postal administrations
• ISWSC - the International Society of Worldwide Stamp Collectors serves the interests of all worldwide collectors.

Collections of philatelic exhibitions:

• Exponet (Czech Republic)
• Motivsammlerverein (Switzerland)
• StamPedia
• Exhibits of American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors (AAPE)

Others:

• Encyclopaedia Philatelica
• Trade Only Stamps - the place to be if you want to exchange, swap stamps with other collectors World Wide.
• Stamporama - the Stamp Club for People Who Love Stamps
• Stamp Websites
• Stamp collecting directory
• Philatelic Database
• Find your stamp's value - An AI-based stamp identification system, helping you evaluate your stamps and postmarks.
• Philately.Live - the global hub for philatelic resources