Latest News for Paleophilatelie website

Due to the fact this website is always under construction, changes happen almost daily. To get more frequent updates, please follow me on Twitter or "PaleoPhilately" group on Facebook.


217.06.2026

Certificate and Medal of Paleophilatelie website at Boston 2026 International Philatelic Exhibition

In May 2026, the PaleoPhilatelie.eu website participated in the Electronic Literature Competition at the Boston 2026 International Philatelic Exhibition in the United States and was awarded a Large Vermeil Medal (86 points).
To date, the Large Vermeil Medal is the highest award received by PaleoPhilatelie.eu at an international stamp exhibition, although the website has been awarded Gold and Large Gold medals at several national stamp exhibitions.

New pages:

• "Postcard mailed by Wilhelm von Branca from Munich to the Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin in 1920"
• "Postcard mailed by Professor Ernst Stromer von Reichenbach in 1912"
• "Postcard mailed from Paleontological Institute of Vienna University to France in 1899"
• Letter to Professor Dr. Unger, mailed from Bavaria between 1844 and 1848"
• "Awards of Paleophilatelie website"

Updated pages:

• Estonia 1937 - "Estonian Red Cross"
• Switzerland 2010 - "Dinosaurs in Switzerland"
• "The Beginning of Philately"
• "The first stamps and postal stationery and the beginning of Philately"
• Estonia country page
• "History of Paleontology through Letters"



20.05.2026

New pages:
• Estonia 1937 - "Estonian Red Cross"

Updated pages:
• USA 1997 "The World of Dinosaurs"
• Exhibit "Proboscidea"
• "The first stamps and postal stationery and the beginning of Philately"
• "The Beginning of Philately"
• "Postal Reform and Natural History during Queen Victoria's Reign"
• "Milestones of Paleontology and Paleoanthropology related Philatelic items"



13.05.2026

Multiple pages from the ./description/stamps/details/ directory were removed, and their content was merged into the main articles about the stamp issues.

Removed pages:
1. ./description/stamps/details/korea_south_2010-2012_booklet1_page01-02.html
2. ./description/stamps/details/korea_south_2010-2012_booklet1_page03-04.html
3. ./description/stamps/details/korea_south_2010-2012_booklet1_page05-06.html
4. ./description/stamps/details/korea_south_2010-2012_booklet1_page07-08.html
5. ./description/stamps/details/korea_south_2010-2012_booklet1_page09-10.html
6. ./description/stamps/details/korea_south_2010-2012_booklet1_page11-12.html
7. ./description/stamps/details/korea_south_2010-2012_booklet2_page01-02.html
8. ./description/stamps/details/korea_south_2010-2012_booklet2_page03-04.html
9. ./description/stamps/details/korea_south_2010-2012_booklet2_page05-06.html
10. ./description/stamps/details/korea_south_2010-2012_booklet2_page07-08.html
11. ./description/stamps/details/korea_south_2010-2012_booklet2_page09-10.html
12. ./description/stamps/details/korea_south_2010-2012_booklet3_page01-02.html
13. ./description/stamps/details/korea_south_2010-2012_booklet3_page03-04.html
14. ./description/stamps/details/korea_south_2010-2012_booklet3_page05-06.html
15. ./description/stamps/details/korea_south_2010-2012_booklet3_page07-08.html
16. ./description/stamps/details/korea_south_2010-2012_booklet3_page09-10.html
17. ./description/stamps/details/russia_2020_fdc.html
18. ./description/stamps/details/russia_2020_mc.html
19. ./description/stamps/details/russia_2020_used.html
20. ./description/stamps/details/singapore_2015_covers.html
21. ./description/stamps/details/spain_2015_postcard.html
22. ./description/stamps/details/switzerland_2015_covers.html
23. ./description/stamps/details/switzerland_2015_ss.html
24. ./description/stamps/details/thailand_1997_covers.html
25. ./description/stamps/details/ukraine_2017_fdc.html
* For the first time in a while, the number of pages on the website has been reduced (from 751 to 726 ).

One page was renamed:
description/stamps/details/korea_south_2010-2012_booklets_index.html was renamed to description/stamps/details/korea_south_2010-2012_booklets.html.

Updated pages, into which the contents of the pages above were merged:
• description/stamps/russia_2020.html
• description/stamps/singapore_2015.html
• description/stamps/spain_2015.html
• description/stamps/switzerland_2015.html
• description/stamps/thailand_1997.html
• description/stamps/ukraine_2017.html



01.05.2026

The website has been restyled for the first time since its launch in 2010. While the content remains almost the same, it is now presented with a modern, more user-friendly menu and navigation system, along with improved image display.
Over the years, several visitors suggested updating the design. However, due to limited technical skills, I kept postponing the redesign.
At the beginning of the year, I accepted an offer from Softechinfra, a company based in India. The work has taken place over the past three months, involving the restyling and review of more than 750 pages of the website. As is often the case with such projects, some changes resolved existing issues while occasionally creating new ones along the way. As a side effect of the page-by-page review, several corrections were made across multiple pages, and a few new pages were added.
Today, I am pleased to present the result of this work. My sincere thanks go to Mr. Vivek Kumar, talented web designer and co-founder of Softechinfra, for his excellent work, and also to myself for bringing this long-awaited project to completion.

• If you encounter any issues, please do not hesitate to contact me.
• The previous version of the website (before the restyling) is still available here.
  To avoid confusion, especially from unintentional visits, the old version of the website is protected by a username and password: visitor / p@leoP_2025.
  
  • Alternatively, you can also check the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. The last backup of the website before the restyling was archived there on March 10^th, 2026.



02.03.2026

New pages:
• Article about "Thomas Jefferson the Father of American Paleontology"
• Article about "Postal Reform and Natural History during Queen Victoria's Reign"
• Australia 2026 "Creatures of the Palaeozoic"
• Belgium 2026 "Unpublished photographs from the 19^th century"
• Prehistoric Proboscidea - philatelic exhibit, provided by Mr. Rudolf Hofer, Switzerland
• Illustrated Checklist of Paleontology and Paleoanthropology related commemorative postmarks - still under construction

Updated pages:
• The Homepage
• Paleontology and Paleoanthropology related Philatelic materials issued in 2026
• USA 1954 "Thomas Jefferson third President of the United State"
• USA 1955 "150^th Anniversary of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts"
• USA 1968 "Thomas Jefferson third President of the United State"
• USA 1970 "Centenary of American Natural History Museum"
• USA 1974 "Mineral Heritage"
• USA 1989 "Prehistoric animals"
• Australia country page
• Belgium country page
• Article about "The first stamps and postal stationery and the beginning of Philately"
• Article about "Historical Paleontology-related Letters"
• Article about "History of Evolutionary Thought"



08.01.2026

At the end of the last year, "Paleophilatelie" website participated in two International Stamps Exhibits, where it was awarded LARGE GOLD and Large Vermeil Medals in The 19th New Zealand National Philatelic Literature Exhibition 2025 in Christchurch in New Zealand; AUSVIPEX 2025 (Virtual Philatelic Exhibition), organized by the Australian Philatelic Federation respectively.

New pages:
• Article about "Reply card of Zoological Museum of Berlin from 1912" - Tendaguru Expedition
• Article about "The Telegram from Alphonse MILNE EDWARDS to Sir Richard Owen", posted in 1889
• Article about "Letter from Professor Richard Owen to George Ransome", posted in 1849
• Article about "The first stamps and postal stationery and the beginning of Philately"
• Paleontology and Paleoanthropology related Philatelic materials issued in 2026
• Kyrgyzstan 2025 "Prehistoric animals of Kyrgyzstan II"

Updated pages:
• About Paleophilatelie.eu website - rewritten
• Paleontology and Paleoanthropology related Philatelic materials issued in 2025
• Poland 1965 "Prehistoric animals"
• Austria country page
• Canada country page
• Germany country page
• New Zealand country page
• Poland country page
• South Africa country page
• Illustrated Checklist of Paleontology and Paleoanthropology related stamps - stamps of 2025 and new discovred, old, stamps were added
• Galleries of Philatelic materials related to the topic of the website - introduction text updated
• Topical Lists and Species Names - rewritten



01.11.2025

New pages:
• Article about Dinosaurs stamps of Poland 2025
• Article about National Archaeological Discoveries - Post and Go, ATM stamps of Gibraltar

Updated pages:
• Paleontology and Paleoanthropology related Philatelic materials issued in 2025
• Article about Europa 2025 - National Archaeological Discoveries stamps of mainland Portugal
• Article about Europa 2025 - National Archaeological Discoveries stamps of Gibraltar
• Article about Europa 2025 - National Archaeological Discoveries stamp of Monaco
• Monaco country page
• Russia country page
• List of articles about stamps and covers which are directly related to Paleontology or Paleoanthropology
• List of articles about stamps and covers which are indirectly related to Paleontology or Paleoanthropology
• Illustrated Checklist of Paleontology and Paleoanthropology related stamps - stamps of 2025 were added
• All Galleries of Philatelic materials related to the topic of the website were updated and restyled


09.10.2025

Updated pages:
• Paleontology and Paleoanthropology related Philatelic materials issued in 2025
• Gibraltar
• Poland
• History of evolutionary thought
All Exhibit pages have been redesigned — a slideshow has been added. You can now click on an image and then use the arrows to view the next or previous page. Zoom in/out options have also been added.


01.08.2025

New pages:
• "The Beginning of Philately"
• "The Discovery of the Woolly Mammoth"
• "Charles Darwin in Philately"
• "History of Evolutionary Thought"
• "Letter from Alexander Nasmyth to William Buckland, 1838"
• "Letter from the British Association for the Advancement of Science (BAAS) with invitation to meeting in Glasgow in 1876"
• "Fossil Discoveries in Malaysia", Malaysia 2025
• "Europa 2025 - National Archaeological Discoveries", Germany 2025
• "Europa 2025 - National Archaeological Discoveries", Gibraltar 2025
• "Europa 2025 - National Archaeological Discoveries", Jersey 2025
• "Europa 2025 - National Archaeological Discoveries", Monaco 2025
• "Europa 2025 - National Archaeological Discoveries", Portugal 2025

Updated pages:
• Site Map
• Paleontology and Paleoanthropology related Philatelic materials issued in 2025
• The list of Articles related to PaleoPhilatelie topics
• "The first stamps and postal stationery and the beginning of Philately"
• List of some useful books for Paleophilately collectors
• Collection of Video Clips and Movies related "Paleophilatelie" topics

Several new exhibits were added to the "One-page exhibits related to Paleontology and Paleoanthropology" section of the "Exhibit Room".


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


For the older Updates, back to 02.10.2020, please click here.