Armenia 2018 "Flora and fauna of the ancient world (II)"


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Issue Date 14.12.2018
ID Michel: 1091-1092; Scott: 1164-1165; Stanley Gibbons: ? ; Yvert: 930-931; Category: pF
Designer David Dovlatyan
Stamps in set 2
Value Dram 220- Tepejara
Dram 280- Argentinosaurus
Emission/Type commemorative
Issue place Yerevan
Size (width x height) 40mm x 24mm
Layout Two Mini-Sheets 10 stamp each
Products FDC x1, MS x2
Paper chalky, no watermark
Perforation 13x13.25
Print Technique Offset lithography
Printed by Cartor Security Printing
Quantity 40,000 each stamp
Issuing Authority Haypost CJSC
Tepejara and Argentinosaurus on stamps of Armenia 2018


On December 14th, 2018, Post Authority of Armenia - Haypost - issued a set of 2 commemorative stamps, showing some prehistoric animals including a flying reptile Tepejara and the dinosaur Argentinosaurus.
Even though dinosaurs have been found in Armenian rocks, there was not enough material to classify these fossils as any specific species. Due to this, Haypost decided to show classic prehistoric animals like a dinosaur and a pterosaur.

Tapejara on Flora and fauna of the ancient world stamps of Armenia 2018
Tapejara on stamp of Armenia 2017, MiNr.: 1092, Scott: 1165.
Argentinosaurus on Flora and fauna of the ancient world stamps of Armenia 2018
Argentinosaurus on stamp of Armenia 2017, MiNr.: 1091, Scott: 1164.
Tapejara (from a Tupi word meaning "the old being") is a genus of Brazilian pterosaur from the Cretaceous Period (Santana Formation, dating to about 112 Ma ago). Tapejara crests consisted of a semicircular crest over the snout, and a bony prong which extended back behind the head.

Argentinosaurus (meaning "Argentine lizard") is a genus of titanosaur sauropod dinosaur first discovered by Guillermo Heredia in Argentina. The generic name refers to the country in which it was discovered. The dinosaur lived on the then-island continent of South America somewhere between 97 and 93.5 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous Period. It is among the largest known dinosaurs.


Products and associated philatelic items

FDC (clean and circulated) First-Day-of-Issue Postmark
Tepejara and Argentinosaurus on Flora and fauna of the ancient world FDC of Armenia 2018 Tepejara and Argentinosaurus on Flora and fauna of the ancient world FDC of Armenia 2018 Tepejara and Argentinosaurus on postmark of Armenia 2018
Example of Circulated Covers
Tepejara and Argentinosaurus on circulated cover of Armenia 2018 Tyrannosaurus and Argentinosaurus on circulated cover of Armenia 2019 Tepejara and Argentinosaurus on circulated cover of Armenia 2019
Mini Sheets
Tepejara and Argentinosaurus on Flora and fauna of the ancient world stamps of Armenia 2018



References

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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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