Gallery of FDC indirectly related to Paleontology and Paleoanthropology

This gallery contains almost 170 images of FDC (First Day Covers) depicting fossil sites, Natural History Museums, contributors to Paleontology or Paleoanthropology, primitive tools of prehistoric humans, rock painting of prehistoric animals.

Term: A FDC (First Day Cover) is a cover with a stamp canceled with either a commemorative, specially designed, pictorial postmark or a regular postmark with the date of the official release of the stamp.
The postmark usually indicates the date the stamp was issued and the city where it was first released.
Some countries issue stamps on one date, but the postmark is applied to FDCs weeks or even months after the date of release.
Most Postal authorities design FDCs that highlight the same theme or design as the stamp.
Other countries have a regular design that is used for all FDCs regardless of topic.

All Galleries on this website:

• Official stamps related to Paleontology or Paleoanthropology: dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, prehistoric plants, fossils, paleontologists and paleoanthropologists.
• Other official stamps to consider: fossil sites, Natural History Museums, contributors to Paleontology or Paleoanthropology.
• Examples of circulated covers and postcards with stamps related to Paleontology or Paleoanthropology.
• Postal Stationeries related to Paleontology or Paleoanthropology: dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, prehistoric plants, fossils, paleontologists and paleoanthropologists etc. on imprinted stamps or cachets.
• Official and personalized FDC with stamps related to Paleontology or Paleoanthropology: dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, prehistoric plants, fossils, paleontologists and paleoanthropologists.
• Other official and personalized FDC to consider: fossil sites, Natural History Museums, contributors to Paleontology or Paleoanthropology
• Examples of circulated FDC with stamps related to Paleontology or Paleoanthropology.
• Postmarks and meter-frankings related to Paleontology or Paleoanthropology: dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, prehistoric plants, fossils, paleontologists and paleoanthropologists.
• Other postmarks and meter-frankings to consider: fossil sites, Natural History Museums, contributors to Paleontology or Paleoanthropology.
• Examples of circulated covers and postcards with postmarks and meter-frankings related to Paleontology or Paleoanthropology.

Many of the FDCs shown on this page are from the collection of the Site Admin. Other images were shared by friends or visitors to the site. A few were downloaded from other sites on the internet.
If you have a nice FDC that is not shown here, please send the Site Admin a scan that can be posted (600 dpi preferred).



Acknowledgements:

• Many thanks to fellow collector Jon Noad from Calgary, Canada, who shared many scans from his covers collection.
• Many thanks to Dr. Peter Voice from Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Western Michigan University, for the draft page review and English corrections.

Last update 07.01.2024

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afar_isas_1973_fdc	aland_2011	algeria_2014_fdc
andorra_1976_jefferson_fdc	andorra_1976_jefferson_fdc2	angola_1990_fdc
argentina_1982_fdc	argentina_2003_fdc	argentina_2007_fdc
argentina_2014_fdc	australia_1993_2_fdc	austria_1968_fdc
austria_1968_fdc2	austria_1980_wegener_fdc	austria_1983_hasenauer_fdc
austria_1989_suess_fdc	austria_2015_fdc	bat_1987_fdc
bat_2001_fdc	belgium_1968_fdc1	bosnia_herzegovina_2010_fdc
brazil_1982_fdc	bulgaria_2018_fdc	canada_2014_unesco_fdc
canada_2015_unesco_fdc	canada_2015_unesco2_fdc	chile_1980_fdc
china_1932_fdc_used	china_1959_fdc_used	china_2002_fdc
christmas_island_1977-1978_fdc	cocos_isl_1976_fdc	cocos_isl_1976_fdc_used
cocos_isl_1990_fdc	cocos_isl_2009_fdc	comoros_isl_1975_fdc
comoros_isl_1998_fdc	croatia_1993_fdc	croatia_2020_fdc
cuba_1985_2_fdc	czech_2009_darwin_fd_cused	czech_2010_fdc
czech_2013_fdc	czech_2017_2_fdc	czech_2018_fdc
denmark_1969_stenno_fdc	denmark_1969_stenno_fdc2	denmark_1969_stenno_fdc3_signed
denmark_1988_worm_fdc	ecuador_1999_fdc	falkland_isl_1985_fdc2
falkland_island_1985_2_fdc	france_1968_fdc	france_1979_fdc
france_1993_fdc	france_2006_fdc	germany_1980_persons_fdc
germany_1980_wegener_fdc	germany_2007_senckenberg_fdc	germany_2007_senckenberg_fdc_private_used
germany_2007_senckenberg_fdc2_private	germany_ddr_1980_wegener_fdc	gibraltar_2018_fdc
groendland_1980_wegener_fdc	hong_kong_1993_fdc	hong_kong_2021
hungary_2019_fdc	hungary_2019_fdc_used	india_1984_wadia_fdc
iran_2004_fdc	isle_of_man_1980_fdc	israel_2014_fdc
israel_2017_fdc	israel_2017_fdc_used	italy_2015_fdc
japan_1999_fdc1	japan_1999_fdc2	japan_2012_fdc
kuwait_1982_fdc	latvia_2020_fdc	liechtenstein_2015_fdc_used
macedonia_2007_linnei_fdc	malaysia_2019_fdc	mexico_1986_fdc
mexico_1986_fdc2	moldova_2014_fdc1	moldova_2014_fdc2_used
moldova_2017_fdc	monaco_1983_fdc_private	monaco_1983_fdc_private2
monaco_2002_fdc	monaco_2022_1_fdc	monaco_2022_2_fdc
monaco_2022_3_fdc	mozambique_1981_fdc	nepal_2014_fdc
new_zealand_1967	new_zealand_1998_fdc	norway_1970_fdc
peru_2019_fdc	portugal_2018_fdc	portugal_2020_fdc
romania_2008_fdc	romania_2011_fdc	russia_2012_fdc
russia_2012_fdc_private	russia_2015_fdc_moscow	russia_2015_fdc_yakutsk
san_marino_1983_fdc	san_marino_2012_fdc	senegal_1972_fdc
serbia_2004_milankovic_fdc_used	serbia_2016_env_used	serbia_2023_fdc
slovenia_2007_fdc	somalia_1987_fdc	somalia_1987_fdc2
south_africa_1989_fdc	south_africa_1989_fdc2	south_africa_1998_fdc
south_africa_2001_fdc	south_georgia_1994_fdc	spain_1967_fdc
spain_2015_fdc	spain_2016_fdc	spain_2019_fdc
spain_2020_fdc	spain_2021_fdc	sweden_1939_fdc_used
sweden_1973_fdc	sweden_1978_linni_fdc	taiwan_2016_fdc_used
uk_2021_fdc1	uk_2021_fdc2	ukraine_2011_fdc
ukraine_2021_fdc	ukraine_2021_fdc2	un_2023_fdc
un_austria_2023_fdc	un_switzerland_2023_fdc	un_usa_2023_fdc
usa_1938_fdc	usa_1939_fdc	usa_1946_fdc1
usa_1946_fdc2	usa_1946_fdc3	usa_1954_jefferson_fdc
usa_1954_jefferson_fdc2	usa_1954_jefferson_fdc3	usa_1960_fdc
usa_1968_jefferson_fdc	usa_1968_jefferson_fdc2	usa_1968_jefferson_fdc3
usa_1980_fdc	usa_1980_fdc_private	usa_1980_fdc2
usa_1982_fdc	usa_1982_fdc_private	usa_1989_fdc
usa_1996_smithsonian_fdc1	usa_1996_smithsonian_fdc2	usa_1996_smithsonian_fdc3
usa_2022_fdc1	usa_2022_fdc2	ussr_1980_fdc
ussr_1991_fdc1	vietnam_2021_fdc	vietnam_2021_impf_fdc
vietnam_2021_specimen_fdc