2011

Philatelic items related to Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, issued in 2011: dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, fossils, fossils found places, paleontologists and contributors to the fields of Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Natural History Museums.




Introduction


On 5th of January 2011, post authority of Czech Republic issued a block with stamp of famous Czech scientist Kaspar Maria von Sternberg who was one of the leading scientists of the first half of the 19th century, with a special interest in botany, geology and paleontology, and is considered one of the founders of paleobotany.

On March 25, 2011, the Post of Malta reprinted a mini-sheet of 17 definitive stamps from 2009 (issued October 19th). One of the stamps depicts fossils of the dwarf elephant, Elephas falconeri. The reprints can be differentiated from the originals by examining the logo of the Malta Post printed on the selvage attached to the stamps.

In August 2011, Post Authority of Germany commemorate 150 years of discovery prehistoric bird Archaeopteryx on a single stamp.

In 2011 Philatelic agency Stamperija was authorized as representative of Burundi post administration. Almost 90 stamp sets, each one of 4 stamps at least were issued by the agency. Most of these stamps shows worldwide fauna or famous personalities. Two sets of prehistoric animal stamps are issued on Dec. 01, 2011. Each set contain a mini-sheet of 4 stamps and another 4 stamps issued separately.



Official stamps directly related to Paleontology: dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, fossils, paleontologists


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Undesired stamps are shown with a grey background.


01.12.2011 Burundi 19.10.2011 Malta (1st reprint) 18.10.2011 Mexico [1]
dinosaurs on stamps of Burundi 2011 Fossil Elephas falconeri dwarf skeleton on definitive stamp of Malta 2011 dinosaurs on imperforated stamps of North Korea 2011
11.10.2011 Ukraine 17.10.2011 Peru 05.09.2011 Korea North
Anniversary of Lvov National University on stamp of Ukraine 2011 Fossils of Prehistoric animals, Levyatan Melvillei on stamp of Peru 2011 dinosaurs on stamps of North Korea 2011
30.08., 30.09.2011 Guinea 11.08.2011 Korea South 11.08.2011 Germany
dinosaurs, prehistoric animals, early human on stamps of Guinea 2011 dinosaurs on stamps of South Korea 2011 prehistoric bird, Archaeopteryx on stamp of Germany 2011
30.06.2011 Mozambique 13.06.2011 Curacao 25.03.2011 Malta
dinosaurs on stamps of Mozambique 2011 dinosaurs on stamps of Curacao 2011 reprinted mini sheet of definitive stamps of Malta 2009 in 2011
25.02.2011, 30.03.2011, Sao Tome and Príncipe 10.02.2011, 03.09.2011, Guinea Bissau 17.02.2011 Romania
dinosaurs on stamps of Sao Tome 2011 dinosaurs on stamps of Guinea Bissau 2011 caves of Romania on stamps of 2011
27.01.2011 Sweden 05.01.2011 Czech Republic
fossils on stamps of Sweden 2011 paleontologist Kaspar Maria von Sternberg on stamp of Czech Republic 2011

Notes:
[1] T. rex is depicted on the background of the first stamp in upper row - stamp dedicated to Alfonso Luis Herrera (3 July 1868 – 1942) who was a Mexican biologist. For more details about the stamp please click here.




Some personalized stamps related to Paleontology or Paleoanthropology


03.04.2011 Portugal [P1]
Dinosaurs on personalized stamps of dinosaur museum of Lourinha, Portugal 2011

Notes:
[P1] personalized, self-adhesive stamps, of dinosaur museum of Lourinha, Portugal.




Notes

  • If you are aware of any other philatelic items related to Paleontology or Paleoanthropology issued in 2011 that are not listed on this page, please inform the author of the website.
  • Postmarks and other philatelic materials related to Paleontology or Paleoanthropology from 2011 will be added soon.

Acknowledgements


Many thanks to Dr. Peter Voice from Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Western Michigan University, for reviewing the draft page and his very valuable comments.



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