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11.04.2025


New pages:

• "Europe - National Archaeological Discoveries", San Marino 2025
• "The first stamps and postal stationery and the beginning of Philately"
• "How to collect stamps in the XXI century"
• "How to start collecting stamps and become a Paleophilatelist?"
• "Frequently Asked Questions"

Updated pages:

• the Home page was slightly modified
• Croatia
• Hungary
• Paleontology and Paleoanthropology related Philatelic materials issued in 2024
• Paleontology and Paleoanthropology related Philatelic materials issued in 2025
• "Centenary Museums of Portugal", Portugal 2019
• "Museum Exhibits - Dinosaurs of Argentina in Belgrade", Serbia 2009
• Paleontologists on stamps and other philatelic items
• "The History of Megaloceros giganteus (Irish Elk/Giant Deer) Discovery"
• The list of Articles related to PaleoPhilatelie topics
• Resources
• Catalogue
• Paleontology
• Paleoanthropology

The following presentations were added to the "Exhibit Room":

• "Paleophilately - the place where Paleontology meets philately", by Michael Kogan, the author of this website.
• "Going Postal: Dinosaurs on stamps", by Jon Noad
• "Ichthyosaurs - fish-lizard", one-page exhibition created by Michael Kogan

The following presentation was updated in the "Exhibit Room":

• "Catalogue with philatelic artworks about the topic „Evolution of mankind and philately“, by Peter Brandhuber

05.01.2025

The content of the “Current Year” page was moved to the 2024 page. The “Current Year” page is restarted. The first item of 2025 has already been added to the page.

New pages:

• "Prehistoric animals: the Colossal Cetacean (Perucetus colossus)", Peru 2024
• "Giants of the Ice Age", Switzerland 2024
• Paleontology and Paleoanthropology related Philatelic materials issued in 2025

Updated pages:

• All Galleries were updated, more than 200 images were added
• Austria
• Brazil
• Germany
• India
• Italy
• USA

12.12.2024

New pages:

• The first stamps and postal stationery and the beginning of Philately
  the article tell the story about design an introduction of the first adhesive postage stamps and postal stationery, and formation of Geology science.
• "Giants of the Ice Age", Switzerland 2024
• "Prehistoric animals: the Colossal Cetacean (Perucetus colossus)", Peru 2024

Updated pages:

• Paleontology and Paleoanthropology related Philatelic materials issued in 2024
• Paleontology and Paleoanthropology related Philatelic items issued between 1850 and 1949
• Illustrated Checklist of Paleontology and Paleoanthropology related stamps
• France
• Peru
• Switzerland

19.09.2024

• The "Paleophilatelie" website was awarded a LARGE GOLD Medal (90 of 100 points) in the competition of philatelic websites at the Great American Stamp Show (GASS) 2024 that took place between the 15th and 18th of August, 2024 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
  Following the feedback from the jury, the following modifications were implemented:
  • "Media" and "Links" tabs were merged to "Resources". The website pages remained the same, but they are accessible through "Resources" tab now.
  • The "Links" tab was removed from all the pages.
  • "Postal Resources" sub-menu removed from the catalog pages.

Updated pages:

• Current Year
• Czech Republic
• Portugal
• "Centenary of Geological Society of Norway", Morway 2005
• "Fossils of Prehistoric animals: Pelagornis", Peru 2017
• "Bicentenary of the birth of Charles Darwin", Pitcairn Islands 2009
• "Prehistoric animals", Poland 1965
• "Prehistoric animals", Poland 1966
• "Poles in the World", Poland 2002
• "Dinosaurs of Portugal", ATM stamps of Portugal 1999
• "Dinosaurs of Portugal", ATM stamps of Portugal 2000
• "Dinosaurs of Portugal", ATM stamps of Portugal 2002

Removed page:

• "Dinosaurs of Portugal", ATM stamps of Portugal 2003 removed.
  A paragraph about the ATM stamps with rates from 2003 and 2004 was added in the article about ATM stamps from 2002.

16.08.2024

Updated pages:

• Current Year
• Argentina
• China
• France
• Indonesia
• Italy
• Moldova
• Netherlands
• "Dinosaurs", Marshall Islands 2008
• "Prehistoric animals", Marshall Islands 2009
• "Dinosaur Bones", Marshall Islands 2015
• "Fossils of Nepal", Nepal 2013
• "Prehistoric Elephants of Nepal", Nepal 2015
• "Prehistoric Mammals of Nepal", Nepal 2017

20.07.2024

In May, 2024, the "Paleophilatelie" website was awarded a GOLD Medal (10 of 10 points) and a Special Award at EXPOFILABRAS 2024 - Virtual Philatelic Exhibition, organized by the Brazilian Philatelic Federation.
In their feedback, about the "Paleophilatelie" website, the jury wrote:

A benchmark website by which others are judged. This is THE reference site for the topical collector in this field. Content meets purpose 100%. Hard to find fault...

More details about awarads of "Paleophilatelie" website is here.

New pages

• Illustrated Checklist of Paleontology and Paleoanthropology related stamps
• "50 years of the discovery of Lucy", France 2024
• "Prehistoric animals of Kyrgyzstan", Kyrgyzstan 2024
• "Europa-2024: Underwater flora and fauna", Luxembourg 2024
• "The Age of the Dinosaurs", (Part I - Prehistoric Animals), United Kingdom 2024
• "The Age of the Dinosaurs", (Part II - Mary Anning pioneering fossil hunter and palaeontologist), United Kingdom 2024

Updated pages:

• Current Year
• Countries List - upload time improved
• Articles about stamps and covers which are directly related to Paleontology or Paleoanthropology - upload time improved
• "Dinosaurs", Germany 2008
• "Bicentenary of Nature Science Museum in Berlin", Germany 2010
• "Gibraltar Anniversaries", Gibraltar 2005
• "Darwin 200^th Anniversary"", Gibraltar 2009
• "Museums of Indonesia", Indonesia 2004
• "Centeray of Geological Survey of India", India 1951
• "Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow", India 1997

04.03.2024

The "Paleophilatelie" website was awarded a Large GOLD Medal at the 18th New Zealand National Philatelic Literature Exhibition 2023 (NZNPLE-2023), organized by the New Zealand Philatelic Federation.
The Christchurch (NZ) Philatelic SocietyThe exhibition took place between the 18th and 19th of November 2023 in Christchurch (the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand). More details about participation of "Paleophilatelie.eu" at NZNPLE-2023 are here.

Updated pages:

• Current Year - the content of 2023 was moved to the dedicated page. Announcement of new coming stamps added to "current year" (2024).
• "Dinosaurs", Germany 2008
• "Museums of Indonesia", Indonesia 2004
• "Extinct Irish Animals", Ireland 2007
• Bolivia
• the Netherlands
• Austria
• Awards

New pages

• "Ice Age Animals", Mongolia 2023
• "Prehistoric animals (III)", the Neatherlands 2023
• "100 years of the Milankovich calendar", Serbia 2023
• "Whitby salutes Australia's Bicentenary" - postmark of United Kingdom 1988
• "Illustrated Checklist of Paleontology and Paleoanthropology related stamps" - still under constructions.

01.10.2023

The "Paleophilatelie" website was awarded a Large Vermeil Medal in the competition of philatelic websites at Great American Stamp Show (GASS) 2023 that took place between the 10^th and 13^th of August, 2023 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
More details about participation of "Paleophilatelie.eu" at GASS2023 are here.
The feedback of the jury was provided together with how the score was split. It was useful and led to several changes on multiple pages of the website, including the home page.

Updated pages:

• Home page
• Gallery index page
• Country index page of the philatelic catalog
• List of articles with detailed description of official postage stamps related to the main topics of the website
• List of articles with detailed description of personalized postage stamps related to the main topics of the website
• List of articles with detailed description of commemorative covers related to the main topics of the website
• List of articles with detailed description of official postage stamps related to related topics of the website

Additional tab buttons were added on the bottom side of every page, including this page, to simplify the navigation through the website. The red button indicates your current location on this website. Click on the "Back to the Top" button to return to the top of the page.


07.08.2023

The "Paleophilatelie" website was awarded a Large Vermeil Medal in the competition of philatelic websites at IBRA 2023.

New pages:

• Extinct Species list on stamps
• "Prehistoric Dimensions", Mexico 2023 (still under construction)
• "Prehistoric animals (I)", the Netherlands 2023
• "La Route Napoleon", France 2023
• "Don’t Choose Extinction", United Nations 2023
• Archaeopteryx exhibit, provided by Mr. Rudolf Hofer from Switzerland
• Wollhaarmammut (Wooly Mammoth) exhibit, provided by Mr. Rudolf Hofer from Switzerland
• Der Neandertaler im Wandel der Zeit presentation illustrated by philatelic items, provided by Mr. Peter Brandhuber from Germany
• Die Eiszeiten (the Ice Ages), presentation illustrated by philatelic itemsprovided by Mr. Rudolf Hofer
• Bernstein (Amber) presentation illustrated by philatelic items, provided by Mr. Rudolf Hofer

Updated pages:

• Current Year new stamps, postmaks and postal stationaries were added, announcements updated.
• Home page (slightly redesigned)
• Main Catalog page(slightly redesigned)
• Exhibit Room(slightly redesigned)
• "Giant Reptiles of the Caribbean", Cuba 2013
• "Drawings of fossil animals from old books", Denmark 1998
• "Danish Nature", Denmark 2009
• "Environment Day - Wadi El-Hitan the oldest world Natural Heritage Site in Egypt", Egypt 2008
• "Prehistoric Fauna from El Salvador", el Salvador 1979
• "Prehistoric animals", France 2008
• Iran
• Jersey
• Monaco
• Romania
• Russia
• USSR

17.04.2023

New pages:

• "Miocene Mammals of Bulgaria", Bulgaria 2023
• "50^th Anniversary of Manx Wildlife Trust", Isle of Man 2023

Updated pages:

• Current Year new stamps, postmaks and postal stationaries were added, announcements updated.
• Paleontology and Paleoanthropology related Philatelic items issued between 1840 and 1949 - this page was redesigned, many new images and text were added.
• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• All image Galleries
• "Flora and fauna of the ancient world (III): Mammuthus trogontherii", Armenia 2019
• "Australian Dinosaur Era", Australia 1993
• "Australian Megafauna", Australia 2008
• "Australia's Age of Dinosaurs", Australia 2013
• "Australian Dinosaurs", Australia 2022
• "100^th anniversary of the Vienna Natural History Museum - Jubilee exhibition", Austria 1976
• "The fearsome Dinosaurs", Belgium 2015
• "Face to face with prehistoric animals", Belgium 2018
• "Exploration of Canada I, Discoverers", Canada 2023
• "Exploration of Canada IV, Realizers", Canada 2023
• "Chinese Paleontology", China 1958
• "Chinese Dinosaurs", China 2017

31.01.2023

New pages:

• "Women in Science", New Zealand 2022

Medal of Paleophilatelie website at CAPE TOWN 2022.

Updated pages:

• The content of the Current Year page was reseted. The content of year 2022 was moved to the dedicated page.
• "Ancient Reptiles of New Zealand" New Zealand 2010
• "Dinosaurs" of New Zealand 1993
• Paleontological Museums, Research Institutes on stamps and other philatelic items

In November 2022, the "Paleophilatelie" website was awarded a Large Vermeil medal in the competition of philatelic websites at the International Stamp Exhibition CAPE TOWN 2022, that took place between 8 and 12 of November 2022 in Cape Town, South Africa. The "Paleophilatelie" website received 86 of 100 points.



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