South Korea 2006 "Gyeongnam Goseong Dinosaur World Expo 2006"


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Issue Date 14.04.2006
ID Michel: 2514-2516; Scott: 220a-220b; Stanley Gibbons: 2861-2862; Yvert et Tellier: 2310-2311; Category:pR
Design Shin, Jae-yong
Stamps in set 2
Value 220 Won - Megaraptor
220 Won - Iguanodon
Emission/Type commemorative
Issue place
Size (width x height) 33mm x 23mm
Layout Sheet of 16 self-adhesive stamps
Products FDC x1
Paper White Unwatermarked
Perforation Serpentine Die Cut: 11.50 x 11.25
Print Technique Photogravure, four colors
Printed by Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation
Quantity 1.280.000 sets
Issuing Authority Korea Post
Dinosaurs on Gyeongnam Goseong Dinosaur World Expo 2006 stamps of South Korea 2006

On June 14th, 2006, the Post Authority of South Korea issued the stamps set "Gyeongnam Goseong Dinosaur World Expo 2006" featuring two dinosaurs: Iguanodon and Megaraptor.

Below are, slightly corrected, quotes from official press release, of Korean Post, published on their website in 2006.

Gyeongnam Goseong Dinosaur World Expo 2006 was held in Goseong, South Gyeongsang Province, where multitudes of dinosaurs lived about 100 million years ago. In January 1982, the fossil footprints of dinosaurs of the Cretaceous Period, Mesozoic Era were discovered in Goseong, South Gyeongsang Province. As many as 10,000 dinosaur fossil footprints have been identified in the vicinity of the Goseong area, particularly in the region of Sangjokam beach: the world's largest (115 cm) and smallest (9 cm) fossil footprints of sauropod dinosaurs, fossils of dinosaur eggs and that of Cretaceous Period birds, to name a few. These fossil findings make Goseong a site of high academic value in the study of the Cretaceous Period.

Currently, Goseong is recognized as one of 3 sites in the world with the largest number of dinosaur footprint fossils, together with Colorado of the U.S. and the Western Beach of Argentina.

The 52-day Expo ran from April 14 to July 4 under the theme of the mysteries of dinosaurs, the earth and life. It provided a valuable opportunity to encounter, in virtual reality, various dinosaur bones and fossils and to experience the lives of dinosaurs that lived a hundred million years ago. Numerous other events were held as well including an international academic symposium on dinosaurs and international fossil/mineral exhibit, etc.

In anticipating that the Gyeongnam Goseong Dinosaur World Expo 2006 was resounding success, a new stamps were issued featuring Iguanodon, a grass-eating dinosaur, and Megaraptor, a meat-eating dinosaur.


The Gyeongnam Goseong Dinosaur World Expo keeps going and welcomes visitors between April and June every year. Below is a short video from 2020.





Products and associated philatelic items

FDC
Dinosaurs on FDC of South Korea 2006 Dinosaurs on FDC of South Korea 2006 Dinosaurs on FDC of South Korea 2006
FDC Example of circulated covers
Dinosaurs on FDC of South Korea 2006 Dinosaurs on commemorative postmark of South Korea 2006 Dinosaurs on stamps of South Korea 2006
First-Day-of-Issue Postmark (the same design but different colors)
Dinosaurs on commemorative postmark of South Korea 2006 Dinosaurs on commemorative postmark of South Korea 2006 Dinosaurs on commemorative postmark of South Korea 2006
First-Day-of-Issue Postmark Mini-Sheet
Dinosaurs on commemorative postmark of South Korea 2006 Dinosaurs on commemorative postmark of South Korea 2006 Dinosaurs on stamps of South Korea 2006
This is the permanent postmark, introduced few years before the Expo-2006. Example from 2004 is here
Other Postmarks related to the Expo show
Dinosaurs on commemorative postmark of South Korea 2006 Dinosaurs on commemorative postmark of South Korea 2006





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Acknowledgements:
  • Many thanks to Dr. Peter Voice from Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Western Michigan University, for review of a draft of this article.
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