Gallery of FDC indirectly related to Paleontology and Paleoanthropology

This gallery contains 280 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.

Related Galleries:

• FDC of Primary Topics: dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, prehistoric plants, fossils, paleontologists and paleoanthropologists.
• Mailed FDC with stamps of Primary Topics: dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, prehistoric plants, fossils, paleontologists and paleoanthropologists..

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.

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 reviewing the draft page and English corrections.

Last update 02.01.2025

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afar_isas_1973_fdc	aland_2011_fdc	algeria_2014_fdc
andorra_1976_jefferson_fdc	andorra_1976_jefferson_fdc2	angola_1990_fdc
argentina_1966_fdc	argentina_1966_fdc2	argentina_1982_fdc
argentina_2003_fdc	argentina_2007_fdc	argentina_2014_fdc
australia_1993_2_fdc	australia_2017_sa_fdc	australia_2018_fdc
australia_2022_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
belarus_2000_fdc	belgium_1968_fdc1	belgium_1968_fdc1a
belgium_1979_fdc	belgium_1997_fdc	belgium_2000_fdc
bosnia_herzegovina_2004_fdc	bosnia_herzegovina_2010_fdc	brazil_1982_fdc
bulgaria_2018_fdc	canada_2014_unesco_fdc	canada_2015_unesco_fdc
canada_2015_unesco2_fdc	canada_2017_unesco_fdc	chad_1966_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_1994_fdc
czech_2009_darwin_fdc_used	czech_2010_fdc	czech_2013_fdc
czech_2017_2_fdc	czech_2018_fdc	czechoslovakia_1969_fdc
denmark_1969_stenno_fdc	denmark_1969_stenno_fdc2	denmark_1969_stenno_fdc3_signed
denmark_1988_worm_fdc	ecuador_1958_fdc	ecuador_1958_fdc2
ecuador_1999_fdc	falkland_isl_1985_fdc2	falkland_island_1985_2_fdc
france_1968_fdc	france_1979_fdc	france_1993_2_fdc
france_2006_fdc	gabon_1990_fdc	germany_1977_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_1955_agricola_fdc
germany_ddr_1980_wegener_fdc	gibraltar_2018_fdc	greenland_2006_fdc
greenland_2007_fdc	greenland_2007_fdc2	greenland_2009_fdc
greenland_2009_ms_fdc	greenland_2020_fdc	hong_kong_1993_fdc
hong_kong_2021_fdc	hungary_2019_fdc	hungary_2019_fdc_used
india_1984_wadia_fdc	iran_2004_fdc	isle_of_man_1980_fdc
isle_of_man_2012_fdc	israel_1994_fdc	israel_2014_fdc
israel_2017_fdc	israel_2017_fdc_used	italy_2001_fdc
italy_2008_fdc	italy_2015_fdc	ivory_coast_1976_fdc
japan_1999_fdc1	japan_1999_fdc2	japan_2012_fdc
kuwait_1982_fdc		latvia_2020_fdc
liechtenstein_2015_fdc_used	luxembourg_2014_fdc	macedonia_2007_linnei_fdc
malaysia_2019_fdc	mexico_1986_fdc	mexico_1986_fdc2
mexico_2021_fdc	moldova_2014_fdc1	moldova_2014_fdc2_used
moldova_2017_fdc	monaco_1928_fdc	monaco_1949_fdc
monaco_1980_fdc	monaco_1983_fdc_private	monaco_1983_fdc_private2
monaco_1998_fdc	monaco_2002_fdc	monaco_2021_fdc
monaco_2022_1_fdc	monaco_2022_3_fdc	mozambique_1981_fdc
nepal_2014_fdc	netherlands_2006_fdc	new_zealand_1967_fdc
new_zealand_1998_fdc	norway_1970_fdc	peru_2013_fdc
peru_2019_fdc	pitcairn_islands_2007_fdc	poland_1973_fdc
portugal_2018_fdc	portugal_2020_fdc	romania_1958_fdc
romania_1961_fdc	romania_1976_fdc	romania_1997_fdc
romania_2001_fdc	romania_2008_fdc	romania_2011_fdc
romania_2014_fdc	romania_2022_fdc	ross_1957_fdc_used
ross_1995_fdc_used	ross_2002_fdc_used	ross_2011_fdc_used
ross_2011_ms_fdc_used	russia_2009_fdc	russia_2012_fdc
russia_2012_fdc_private	russia_2015_fdc_moscow	russia_2015_fdc_yakutsk
russia_2016_fdc	russia_2017_fdc	russia_2022_fdc
russia_2023_2_fdc	russia_2023_fdc	san_marino_1983_fdc
san_marino_2008_fdc	san_marino_2012_fdc	senegal_1972_fdc
serbia_2004_fdc	serbia_2004_milankovic_fdc_used	serbia_2016_fdc
serbia_2016_fdc_used	serbia_2023_fdc
slovenia_2006_fdc	slovenia_2007_fdc	somalia_1987_fdc
somalia_1987_fdc2	south_africa_1989_fdc	south_africa_1989_fdc2
south_africa_2001_fdc	south_georgia_1994_fdc	south_georgia_2001_fdc
spain_1967_fdc	spain_1969_fdc	spain_1975_fdc
spain_1989_fdc	spain_2015_fdc	spain_2016_fdc
spain_2019_fdc	spain_2020_fdc	spain_2021_fdc
sweden_1939_fdc_used	sweden_1963_fdc	sweden_1973_fdc
sweden_1978_linne_fdc	sweden_2007_fdc	taaf_1987_fdc
taiwan_2016_fdc_used	tunisia_1983_fdc	uk_1972_fdc1
uk_1972_fdc2	uk_2002_fdc1	uk_2002_fdc2
uk_2003_fdc1	uk_2003_fdc2	uk_2017_fdc1
uk_2017_fdc2	uk_2021_fdc1	uk_2021_fdc2
ukraine_2010_fdc	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_1934_fdc
usa_1946_fdc1	usa_1946_fdc2	usa_1946_fdc3
usa_1952_fdc	usa_1954_jefferson_fdc	usa_1954_jefferson_fdc2
usa_1954_jefferson_fdc3	usa_1968_jefferson_fdc	usa_1968_jefferson_fdc2
usa_1968_jefferson_fdc3	usa_1973_fdc	usa_1974_fdc
usa_1979_fdc1	usa_1979_fdc2	usa_1980_fdc
usa_1980_fdc_private	usa_1980_fdc2	usa_1982_fdc
usa_1982_fdc_private	usa_1986_fdc	usa_1989_fdc
usa_1990_fdc1	usa_1993_fdc	usa_1996_smithsonian_fdc1
usa_1996_smithsonian_fdc2	usa_1996_smithsonian_fdc3	usa_1996_utah_fdc
usa_1998_fdc	usa_2008_fdc	usa_2009_fdc
usa_2022_fdc1	usa_2022_fdc2	ussr_1970_fdc
ussr_1980_fdc	ussr_1991_fdc1	vietnam_2021_fdc
vietnam_2021_impf_fdc	vietnam_2021_specimen_fdc	yugoslavia_1979_fdc
yugoslavia_1989_fdc