Georgia
Dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, fossil of prehistoric human on stamps of Georgia
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Georgia is a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia.
Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the
west by the Black Sea, to the north by
Russia,
to the south by
Turkey
and
Armenia, and to the southeast by
Azerbaijan.
The capital and largest city is Tbilisi. Georgia covers a territory of 69,700 square
kilometres, and its population is about 4 million.
Georgia is a unitary, semi-presidential republic, with the government elected
through a representative democracy.
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The first stamps of Georgia as the Democratic Republic of Georgia were issued on 26 May 1919.
A further series was issued in 1921.
From 1924 until 1993 stamps of the
Soviet Union were used in Georgia following
the absorption of the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic into the U.S.S.R.
Following the fall of the Soviet Union, Georgia became independent again in April 1991 and issued stamps
in its own name from 31 July 1993.
Unlike other ex-Soviet republics, Georgia did not overprint Soviet stamps to meet their postal needs
after independence, although a number of overprints were carried out on Georgian stamps in 1994.
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Official stamps of Georgia related to Paleontology: dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, early humans, fossils
12.05.1995 "Dinosaurs" (I) |
05.12.1995 "Prehistoric animals" (II) |
24.04.1996 "Dinosaurs" |
![Dinosaurs on stamps of Georgia 1995, Click to enlarge Dinosaurs on stamps of Georgia 1995](../images/preview/stamps/t_georgia_1995_1.jpg) |
![Prehistoric animals on stamps of Georgia 1995, Click to enlarge Prehistoric animals on stamps of Georgia 1995](../images/preview/stamps/t_georgia_1995_2.jpg) |
![Prehistoric animals on stamps of Georgia 1996 Prehistoric animals on stamps of Georgia 1996](../images/preview/stamps/t_georgia_1996.jpg) |
23.12.1998 "Prehistoric animals" [1] |
25.04.2003 "First European" |
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![Prehistoric animals on stamps of Georgia 1998, Click to enlarge Prehistoric animals on stamps of Georgia 1998](../images/preview/stamps/t_georgia_1998.jpg) |
![First European on stamps of Georgia 2003, Click to enlarge First European on stamps of Georgia 2003](../images/preview/stamps/t_georgia_2003.jpg) |
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Notes:
[1] Mirrored issue of stamps from 1995 -
"Prehistoric animals" (II).
[2] There are several Mini-Sheet variations with errors at its.
References:
Acknowledgement:
Dr.
Peter Voice from Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Western Michigan University, for the draft page review and his valuable comments.