2026

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

30.09.2026 - Gibraltar	21.09.2026 - Turkey
27.08.2026 - Romania	04.08.2026 - Namibia	07.07.2026 - Taiwan
24.06.2026 - Mongolia	10.02.2026 - Australia	26.01.2026 - Belgium [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.
Burundi	Guinea Bissau

Notes:
[1] One of the stamps from the "Unpublished photographs from the 19^th century" set depicting mounted skeleton of an Iguanodon.

Local stamps directly related to Paleontology: dinosaurs

14.03.2026 - Transnistria (Moldova) [L1]

Notes:
[L1] exist in imperforate

Personalized stamps directly related to Paleontology: dinosaurs

21.09.2026 - China [PERS1]

Notes:

One of the mini-sheets with the 70th anniversary of Chengdu University of Technology personalized stamps.

[PERS1] - personalized stamp issued for the 70th anniversary of Chengdu University of Technology, celebrated on September 21, 2026. The stamp was produced in several different versions, including two sheets and four single-stamp "Four Seasons" versions, with the university emblem as the main stamp and different anniversary or campus-themed designs on the attached labels. One of the sheets is shown on the right.
The stamp, with attached labels, was sold at the campus gift shop and online store from September 19, 2026. Commemorative postmarks were available for cancellation at the gift shop from September 19 to September 30, 2026.

Official stamps of associated topics: fossils locations

22.09.2026 - France [O3]	18.09.2026 - France [O4]
11.07.2026 - USA [O2]	06.01.2026 - Isle of Man [O1]

Personalized FDC - Barbie Paleontologist, USA 2026.

Notes:
[O1] One of the "Wild Isle of Man" stemos is "Fossils and Flowers". According to the presentaton pack- “There are the fossils of marine creatures spread along the limestone rocks on the beach, just to the east of Castletown harbour. Wild flowers thrive in the seaweed and rocks above the beach, just out of reach of the sea and surfers sometimes ride waves across the reef here”.

[O2] The Barbie stamp pane, issued July 11, 2026, in Austin, Texas, contains 10 different Barbie careers. One of them depicts the 1996 Barbie “Paleontologist”, shown with field equipment and dinosaur-themed clothing.
Barbie used different costumes to inspire girls to pursue careers, showing the girls that if their heroine could be paleontologist, so could they.

Cave painting of prehistoric animals of Grotte de Rouffignac on stamps of France 2006 and 2026.

[O3] This stamp features a prehistoric cave painting from the Grotte de Rouffignac and represent the stamp issued in 2006. Although it bears the text "LA POSTE 2006" to honor the founding year of Philaposte, this specific 1,52€ variant was actually issued in 2026 to celebrate the 20^the anniversary of the institution.
The artwork accurately reproduces the cave's famous "Mammoth and Ibex" contour drawing.
Located in the French commune of Rouffignac-Saint-Cernin-de-Reilhac within the Dordogne department, the Rouffignac cave contains over 250 engravings and paintings dating back to the Upper Paleolithic period. The cave paintings and engravings are primarily rendered as black contour drawings. Along with other decorated shelters in the Vezere valley, the site was designated a Monument Historique in 1957 and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979.

[O4] This stamp commemorates the 400^th anniversary of the Jardin des Plantes in Paris (1626–2026). Designed by artist Amelie Barnathan, the illustration features lush botanical foliage set against the facade of the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, an institution globally renowned for its pioneering scientific legacy. For four centuries, the site has served as a crucible for evolutionary science, heavily shaped by the legendary 18^th century intendant Comte de Buffon, who vastly expanded its collections, and the founding father of paleontology, Georges Cuvier, who used its specimens to prove the reality of extinction. Today, this rich history is preserved within the museum's monumental fossil collection and Galerie de Paleontologie, which continues to anchor world-class evolutionary research.

Fossils from collection of the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, France. Another three photos were taken by admin of this site in January 2020.

Local stamps of associated topics: contributors to Paleontology

14.03.2026 - Transnistria (Moldova) [LO1]

Notes:
[LO1] exist in imperforate.
Lev Semyonovich Berg (March 14, 1876, Bender – December 24, 1950) was a leading Soviet geographer, biologist and ichthyologist who served as President of the Soviet Geographical Society between 1940 and 1950. He also developed his own evolutionary theory (Nomogenesis) as opposed to the theories of Darwin and Lamarck. Studied both modern and prehistoric fishes, one of his most famous publication is "Classification of fishes, both recent and fossil" published in 1940, Between 1934-1950 - Director of the Laboratory of fossil fish of the Zoological Institute of the USSR in Leningrad

Official commemorative Postal Stationaries related to Paleontology and Paleoanthropology: fossils

Legend is here

03.07.2026 - France [Sp]

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

Legend is here

21.09.2026 - Turkey	27.08.2026 - Romania	04.08.2026 - Namibia
07.07.2026 - Taiwan [FDC]
03.07.2026 - France [Sp]	24.06.2026 - Mongolia [FDC]	08.06.2026 - China [Sp]
14.03.2026 - Transnistria [FDC]	10.02.2026 - Australia [FDC]	01.01.2026 - Taiwan [Sp]