2024

Some Books about Dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, issued or coming soon this year

"The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs Third Edition" Amazon: USA, UK, DE.	"An Illustrated Guide to Dinosaur Feeding Biology" Amazon: USA, UK, DE.	"Dinosaur Behavior: An Illustrated Guide" Amazon: USA, UK, DE.	"Reconstructing Olduvai: The Behavior of Early Humans at David's Site" Amazon: USA, UK, DE.

More Paleophilately related books can be found on the Books page of this site.

Official stamps directly related to Paleontology: dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, fossils, paleontologists

02.12.2024 - Peru	07.11.2024 - Switzerland [4]	24.06.2024 - France
18.05.2024 - Moldova	14.05.2024 - Luxembourg	30.04.2024 - Kyrgyzstan [3]
18.04.2024 - China [2]	12.03.2024 - UK [1]

Paleontology related stamps of countries who issue too many stamps per year, stamps with prehistoric animals or their fossils without any relation to the issuing country or stamps with inaccurate reconstruction of prehistoric animals. These stamps are not recommended for serious collectors and are Undesired at serious philatelic exhibits.
Central African Republic	Djibouti	Guinea
Guinea Bissau	Liberia	Sierra Leone
Togo

Notes:
[1] On March 12^th 2024, the Royal Mail issued the stamps set "The Age of the Dinosaurs" and eight First-Day-of-Issue Postmarks for the stamps set These stamps were carefully created in partnership with the Natural History Museum in London, using scientists from no less than six different specializations of palaeontology.
The set includes four pairs of stamps with reconstructions of prehistoric animals and the Mini-Sheet with four self-adhesive stamps show Mary Anning and some of the most important fossils she unearthed along the Dorset coastline. Three additional fossils are shown on the margin on the Mini-Sheet.
Since these stamps are very different, both thematically and artistically, their descriptions on this website were split into two articles:

• the article about the stamps set of the four pairs with reconstructions of prehistoric animals
• the article about Mary Anning and her fossils

[2] The Mini-Sheet show fossils and reconstructions of Cambrian animals and plants from "Chengjiang Fossil Site" which declared as the UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2012.

[3] "Prehistoric animals" on stamps of Kyrgyzstan 2024, were created with support of the author of this website:
Kyrgyz Express Post expresses its appreciation for valuable consultative support in the preparation of this stamp issue to Michael Kogan, the author of the website www.paleophilatelie.eu, and Aizek Asanbekovich Bakirov, the acting director of the M. M. Adyshev Institute of Geology of the National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic.

Newsletter no. 92

To order the "Prehistoric animals of Kyrgyzstan" stamps, in the on-line store of Kyrgyz Express Post, please click here.

Wooly Rhino and wooly Mammoth, on Giants of the Ice Age stamps of Switzerland 2024 MiNr.: 2969-2970, Scott:

[4] There is evidence of the existence of these long-haired heavyweights at around 100 locations in the valleys of the Swiss plateau and Jura mountains.
They lived where the glaciers receded during the warmer periods of the Ice Age, giving way to a grassy steppe – the ideal environment for mammoths. One of the richest archaeological sites in Switzerland is Niederweningen (ZH), home of the Mammoth Museum dedicated to the history of these giants.
These stamps were printed in separate Mini-Sheets of 10 with text and decorations on the margins and in combined Souvenir-Sheet of 4 in the shape of both Ice Age animals.
FDC were issued in three formats: small (C6) and big (C5) white covers with 1 or 4 stamps each cancelled by black ink First-Day-of-Issue Postmark; big (C5), numbered, cover with illustration of a landscape with two stamps cancelled by silver ink First-Day-of-Issue Postmark and text written in silver colour on the bottom-left side.
Some covers were cancelled by "Witnesses of the Ice Age" (Zeugen der Eiszeit) postmark of Fällanden, introduced on January 2^nd 1999.
The woolly mammoth has captured the hearts of Internet users. The design featuring this animal, part of the "Giants of the Ice Age" series, was voted the most beautiful stamp of 2024 [in Switzerland]. This stamp invites you to travel back in time and discover the prehistoric animal kingdom. The presence of the mammoth in Switzerland has been documented at many sites and dates back around 115,000 years.
...
More than 13,000 people took part in the online vote, which ran from 26 September to 8 December 2024 at swisspost.ch/world-of-stamps.

"Focus on Stamps" 2025-01, p. 27.

Stamps of the Republic of Guinea (on the right) and Guinea Bissau (on the left) on the same Mini-Sheet from 2024

[5] Two Mini-Sheets "Flying Dinosaurs" and "Prehistoric Water Animals" were issued by Stamperija Agency from Lithuania on July 5^th, 2024, but were announced more than a year after the official day of issue, on October 30^th, 2025 (List No. 2000). Each Mini-Sheet contains two stamps of the Republic of Guinea and two of Guinea-Bissau. An example is shown on the right. Earlier this year, Stamperija announced separate issues of these stamps - curiously with the same official day of issue.

Local stamps related to Paleontology: prehistoric animals and their fossils

28.12.2024 - Transnistria (Moldova)

Some personalized stamps related to Paleontology: prehistoric animals and their fossils

??.11.2024 - Portugal	03.07.2024 - Indonesia [SP2]
26.03.2024 - the Netherlands [SP1]	13.03.2024 - Czech Republic

Notes:

The Asian International Stamp Exhibition and Competition Souvenir Sheet of Indonesia 2024 under UV light

[SP1] On March 26^th, 2024, (initially announced for March 19), the last three stamp sheets of the personalized Prehistoric Animals series were issued.
This set depicts the large baleen whale, Tranatocetus maregermanicum, the Giant Beaver Trogontherium cuvieri, and the Steppe Bison Bison priscus.
Each stamp sheet contains 5 stamps depicting both the animals and their fossils. The previous 3 sets of 3 sheets each, were issued in the previous year.

[SP2] On July 3^rd, 2024, the Post Authority of Indonesia issued the set of five numbered Souvenir and Mini Sheets dedicated to "The Asian International Stamp Exhibition and Competition", which took place in Jakarta between July 3^rd and July 7^th, 2024.
These sheets were sold as a set in souvenir folder. One of the Mini-Sheets showing two dinosaurs: a sauropod and Triceratops

Some stamps to consider: prehistoric animals as art objects (cave paintings)

18.12.2024 - Tunisia [O2]	07.11.2024 - France [O1]

Notes:

[O1] "The Chauvet cave - Ardèche".
The Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave (French: Grotte Chauvet-Pont d'Arc) in the Ardèche department of south-eastern France, near the commune of Vallon-Pont-d'Arc.

The Souvenir-Folder with "The Chauvet cave - Ardèche" stamp of France 2024.

The cave contains some of the best-preserved figurative cave paintings in the world, as well as other evidence of Upper Paleolithic life.
It was discovered on December 18, 1994 and it is considered one of the most significant prehistoric art sites and the UN's cultural agency UNESCO granted it World Heritage status on June 22, 2014.

Many cave bears from the paintings on the walls of the cave were depicted on the stamp, two of them were depicted on the First-Day-of-Issue Postmarks which were issued in Paris and Vallon-Pont-d'Arc.
The stamp was printed in a Mini-Sheet of 9 with further images from the cave on its selvages and in the Souvenir-Sheet which was sold in a decorative folder.
The cover of the Souvenir-Folder shows prehistoric horses painted on the walls of the cave.

[O2] The City of Sciences in Tunis opened its doors in 1992 as a monument to Tunisia's scientific culture and a dynamic space for anyone interested in scientific discovery. The City is built on six hectares surrounding a historical and archaeological site. It welcomes at least 200.000 visitors annually to participate in a variety of events, interactive exhibits, and educational workshops.
Several dinosaur casts are displayed in and out of the "Life and Humanity" Hall, which explores the history of life on Earth and human evolution. For more details, please click here.

Commemorative Postmarks directly related to Paleontology and Paleoanthropology: dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, fossils, human ancestors, paleontologists

Legend is here

02.12.2024 - Peru [FDC]	07.11.2024 - Switzerland [FDC] [PM1]	05.11.2024 - Croatia [Sp] [PM2]
14.11.2024 - India [Sp]
431001 - Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar	422001 - Nashik	411001 - Pune
14.11.2024 - India [Sp]
403001 - Panaji	440001 - Nagpur	400001 - Mumbai
06.09.2024 - Kyrgyzstan [Sp]	08.08.2024 - Czech Republic [Sp]	30.07.2024 - Italy [Sp]
24.06.2024 - France [FDC]		14.05.2024 - Luxembourg [FDC]
06.05.2024 - Argentina [Sp]		30.04.2024 - Kyrgyzstan [FDC]
18.04.2024 - China [FDC]
18.04.2024 - China [FDC]
18.04.2024 - China [FDC]
18.04.2024 - China [FDC]
	05.04.2024 - UK [Sp]	22.03.2024 - Czech Republic [Sp]
13.03.2024 - Czech Republic [Sp]	12.03.2024 - UK [FDC]
12.03.2024 - UK [FDC]
12.03.2024 - UK [FDC]

Notes:
[PM1] This postmark exist in black and silver colours.

[PM2] Mirko Malez (November 5, 1924 – August 23, 1990) was a distinguished Croatian paleontologist, geologist, speleologist, and natural history writer. For more details about Dr Mirko Malez, please click here.

Some postmarks to consider: prehistoric animals as art objects (cave paintings)

Legend is here

07.11.2024 - France [O1]

Awards of Paleophilatelie website

Since 2018, the "Paleophilatelie" website participates in International Competitions in the Electronic-Literature Category with the aim to popularize the topic, especially for young philatelists.
It also is useful for improving the quality of my website from the feedback received.

In 2024 "Paleophilatelie" website participated in two International Stamps Exhibits, where it was awarded
LARGE GOLD Medal and
GOLD Medals, in Great American Stamp Show (GASS) 2024 in the USA and EXPOFILABRAS 20243 (Virtual Philatelic Exhibition), organized by the Brazilian Philatelic Federation respectively.
For more details, please click here.

In 2024 several international philatelic magazines in Australia, Brazil, Germany, Great Britain and USA published articles written by Mr. Kogan, the author of this website.

Notes

• If you are aware of any other philatelic items related to Paleontology or Paleoanthropology issued in 2024 that are not listed on this page, please inform the author of the website.

References

•   [R1] Lucy (Australopithecus): Wikipedia,
•   [R2] Chauvet Cave: Wikipedia,

Acknowledgements

• Many thanks to Dr. Peter Voice from Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Western Michigan University, for reviewing the draft page and his valuable comments.
• Many thanks to fellow collector Peter Brandhuber from Germany for his help finding information about stamps and postmarks listed in this article.