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Portugal 2003 "Dinosaurs of Portugal" (Dinossurios em Portugal)

Issue Date	01.01.2003
ID	Michel: N/A Scott: Stanley Gibbons: Yvert: UPU: N/A Category: pR
Author	Jose Projecto
Stamps in set	4 self-adhesive ATM labels
Value	Sauropod with footprints, Lourinhasaurus, Allosaurus, Dacentrurus.
Size (width x height)	55x30 mm
Layout	stripe of 4 self adhesive labels
Products	FDC - none
Paper
Perforation	none
Print Technique	Offset
Printed by	Ovelar/Espanha
Quantity	N/A
Issuing Authority	CTT Correios de Portugal

dinosaurs and their footprint on ATM stamps of Portugal 2003

Om March 1st 2002 Post Administration of Portugal (CTT Correios de Portugal) replaced dinosaur labels at ATM machines by self adhesive labels with symbols of new European currency EURO. However, some roles with dinosaur stamps are left in some ATM machines much longer and was issued even in the year 2003. The stamps from 2003 distinguished from stamps of 2002 by face value of two stamps - domestic mail up to 20 gr., €0.30 instead €0.27 and letter to Spain up to 20gr., €0.55 instead €0.54. These stamps, are very rare and even not mentiioned in major stamps catalogues such as Michel or Scott, but described in national catalogue - Afinsa 2011 or later.

Since November 1999 till March 2002 Post Authority of Portugal issued 3-5 various sets of machine (ATM) stamps per year. "Dinosaurs of Portugal" stamps are one of them. Four different stamp-template depicting some dinosaurs and their footprints. Fossilized remains of all of them as well as their footprints are found in Portugal.

These stamps are printed with 7 predefined values:

Change of postal rates on dinosaur ATM stamps of Portugal between 1999 and 2003
Year of issue	*Correio normal (regulat mail)*					*Correio Azul (priority mail)*
Year of issue	Domestic, up to 20 g.	Domestic, up to 100 g.	Spain, up to 20 g.	Europe, except Spain, up to 20 g.	Rest of the world, up to 20 g.	Domestic, up to 20 g	International up to 20 g.
1999-2001	50.00	85.00	95.00	100.00	140.00	80.00	350.00
2000	*50.00$ / €0.25	*85.00$ / €0.42	*95.00$ / €0.45	*100.00$ / €0.50	*140.00$ / €0.70	*80.00$ / €0.42	*350.00$ / €1.75
2002	€0.27	€0.45	€0.46	€0.54	€0.70	€0.43	€1.75
2003	€0.30	€0.46	€0.47	€0.55	€0.70	€0.43	€1.75
Amiel machine SMD machine epost-Newvision machine					The dinosaur ATM stamps were on sale in three different machines: AMIEL, SMD and ePost NEWVISION. Stamps issued by Amiel machine made bold and large text, some stamps are in black Stamps of are issued by SMD machine had medium size text on it. Stamps of are issued by epost-Newvision machine had small size text on it.

Here are some examples of the dinosaur ATM stamps:

Stamp issued by Amiel machine	Stamps of are issued by SMD machine	Stamps of are issued by epost-Newvision machine

Products

Set of all 7 predefined values of dinosaur ATM stamps of Portugal 2003 (the values on stamps at right are inverted)

Acknowledgement :

Many thanks to fellow stamp collector Vitor Vieira and José Lalanda Jorge from Portugal, for his help to find some information about these stamps and who share scans of some stamps and covers.

References: Atms Portugal ATM-World ppatm

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