2025
Philatelic items related to Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, issued in 2025: dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, human ancestors, fossils, fossils sites, paleontologists and contributors to the fields of Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, cave paintings.
Some Books about Dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, coming soon or issued recently
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"Elephants and Their Fossil Relatives: A 60 Million Year Journey" Amazon: USA, UK, DE. |
"The Secret Lives of Dinosaurs: Unearthing the Real Behaviors of Prehistoric Animals" Amazon: USA, UK, DE. |
"Spinosaur Tales: The Biology and Ecology of the Spinosaurs" Amazon: USA, UK, DE. |
"BBC Walking With Dinosaurs: Uncovering the Secret Stories of Prehistoric Life, Book". Published in 2025 Amazon: USA, UK (Blu-ray), DE. |
Official stamps directly related to Paleontology: dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, fossils, paleontologists
| 29.12.2025 - Kyrgyzstan | 03.12.2025 - Poland [3] | |
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| 11.12.2025 - South Africa | 07.11.2025 - Taiwan | 30.09.2025 - Poland |
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| 04.07.2025 - Gibraltar [1] | 30.06.2025 - Malaysia | 09.05.2025 - Portugal [2] |
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| 08.05.2025 - Gibraltar [1] | 05.05.2025 - Jersey [1] | 11.02.2025 - San Marino |
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Paleontology related stamps of countries who issue too many stamps per year,
stamps with prehistoric animals or their fossils without any relation to the issuing country
or stamps with inaccurate reconstruction of prehistoric animals.
These stamps are not recommended for serious collectors and are Undesired at serious philatelic exhibits. |
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To order the "Prehistoric animals of Kyrgyzstan II" stamps, in the on-line store of Kyrgyz Express Post, please click here.
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| The banner of "The 2025 EUROPA stamps competition". Image credit: the home page of EUROPA stamps (accessed on May 9th, 2025) | |
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| sNorway's EUROPA 2025 stamp. | The French EUROPA 2025 stamp. |
Europa stamps are a cooperation between the various Posts of Europe in order to promote philately. They also build awareness of the common roots, culture and history of Europe and its common goals. As such, EUROPA stamp issues are among the most collected and most popular stamps in the world. Since the first issue in 1956, EUROPA stamps have been a tangible symbol of Europe’s desire for closer integration and cooperation.
The theme of the year 2025, chosen by PostEurop, is devoted to "National Archaeological Discoveries".
Some of these stamps show tools or art objects from the "Ice Age" (Germany), fossils of Neanderthals (Gibraltar) and the "Ice Age" megafauna (Jersey - mammoth skull).
One of the EUROPA stamps of Norway shows a skeleton of a dog (not a fossil) with a collar from the 16th century, found at Lendbreen Pass in Jotunheimen.
In March 2025, the Post Authority of France announced the issue of their EUROPA stamp, featuring a sauropod dinosaur. In the following month, the sauropod stamp was replaced, as inappropriate to the Archaeological Discoveries topic. Although 720,000 copies have already been printed, they were not be released. A new design, showing a recent archaeological discovery (wine jug made in Greece), was issued instead.
[2] The stamp in the Souvenir-Sheet shows the famous Lapedo child from "Lagar Velho 1" excavation site. It is believed to be a hybrid that had a Neanderthal parent and an anatomically modern human parent (Homo sapiens). The bones of the skeleton present a mosaic of European early modern human and Neanderthal features. This morphological mosaic suggests interbreeding between late archaic and early modern humans in Iberia, challenging the idea of a complete replacement of Neanderthals by early modern humans. It highlights the complex cultural and biological processes that contributed to the emergence of modern humans. [R2]
[3] On December 3rd, 2025, the Polish Postal Authority announced a reprint of the Compsognathus stamp. The stamp was reissued in both perforate and imperforate souvenir sheets, sold together as a set of two at a price of 60 PLN — approximately four times the face value. These souvenir sheets are non-postal philatelic souvenirs and are not valid for postage, their face values of these were pre-cancelled with a wave mark.
Some personalized stamps related to Paleontology: dinosaurs
| 05.02.2025 - Austria [SP1] | ||
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[SP1] The Mini-Sheet of 8 personalized stamps and a tab in the middle was offered by philatelic bureau of Austria at price of Euro 11.00 for subscribes or Euro 12.99 for others, while the value of these stamps is Euro 8.60. Neither technical nor background information were provided.
Some stamps to consider: prehistoric animals as art objects (cave paintings), stylized fossils
| 04.06.2025 - New Zealand | ||
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| 09.05.2025 - Monaco [1] [O2] | 08.05.2025 - Germany | 27.03.2025 - Spain [O1] |
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[O1] National Museum and Research Center of Altamira is a center dedicated to the conservation of, research into, and the sharing of information about the cave of Altamira in Santillana del Mar (Cantabria), Spain, named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. The museum offers prehistoric technology workshops to visitors, as well as a permanent exhibition called Times of Altamira, which contains objects from Altamira as well as those from other palaeolithic caves of Cantabria. [R1]
[O2] The skull in the middle of the bottom side of the stamp is a lynx skull, not a skull of a prehistoric animal.
Commemorative Cover directly related to Paleontology: dinosaurs
| 25.12.2025 - China | ||
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Commemorative Postmarks directly related to Paleontology and Paleoanthropology: dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, fossils, human ancestors, paleontologists
Legend is here| 29.12.2025 - Kyrgyzstan [FDC] | ||
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| 19.12.2025 - Germany [Sp] | 07.11.2025 - Taiwan [FDC] [PM2] | |
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| 24.10.2025 - Germany [Sp] | 30.09.2025 - Poland [FDC] | 04.07.2025 - Gibraltar [FDC] |
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| 18.06.2025 - China [Sp] | ||
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| 08.05.2025 - Gibraltar [FDC] | 12.02.2025 - India [Sp] [PM1] | 11.02.2025 - San Marino [FDC] |
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[PM1] The National Marine Gondwana Fossils Park is located about 2 km from the district headquarters in Manendragarh, Chhattisgarh, along the Hasdeo River of India. Fossils of ancient marine life can still be seen in the area. Around 28 million years ago, a glacier covered the region, later retreating to form a strip called "Tathis", through which marine animals entered the present Hasdeo River. These creatures gradually became extinct, but their fossils remain. Discovered in 1954 by S.K. Ghosh, the site was later confirmed by scientists from the Birbal Sahni Institute of Paleo Sciences in 2015. The park offers a rare glimpse into ancient marine ecosystems of the margin of Gondwana during the Oligocene Epoch. [R3]
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- Year 114, counted from the founding of the Republic of China in 1912.
- The oval Titanosaur postmark appears only on the pre-cancelled FDC
- The round postmark featuring five dinosaurs was the temporary First Day of Issue postmark, available at the Kaohsiung Post Office for mail sent on that day.
Some postmarks to consider: prehistoric animals as art objects (Ice Age figures, cave paintings), flint tools
Legend is here| 09.05.2025 - Monaco [FDC] | ||
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| 08.05.2025 - Germany [FDC] | 27.03.2025 - Spain [FDC] | |
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References
- [R1] National Museum and Research Center of Altamira: Wikipedia,
- [R2] Lapedo child: Wikipedia,
- [R3] Postmark of India: the reverse side of commemorative cover.
Acknowledgements
Many thanks to Dr. Peter Voice from Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Western Michigan University, for reviewing the draft page and his valuable comments.