Stamps Portraying Paleontology

Evolution of the elephant, issued by the Republic of Congo on June 20, 1994. Stamps show prehistoric elephant ancestors: Palemastodon, Woolly Mammoth, Amebelodon, Platybeledon and different kind of member of Mammuthus:

Prehistoric Animals, imperforated stamps, issued by Mali on November 5, 1984.

Dimetrodon, Iguanodon, Archaeopteryx and Triceratops:

European prehistoric animals and their fossilized skeletons, issued by Romania on November 25, 1966.

Cave Bear (Ursus spelaeus)
Steppe Mammoth (Mamuthus trogontherii)
Steppe Bison (Bison priscus)
Southern Elephant (Archidiskondon meridionalis)
Irish Elk (Megaceros eurycerus)
Deinotherium (Deinotherium gigantissimum)

Sir Richard Owen (1804 – 1892) was an English biologist, comparative anatomist and paleontologist. Owen is generally considered to have been an outstanding naturalist with a remarkable gift for interpreting fossils. Owen produced a vast array of scientific work, but is probably best known for coining the word Dinosauria (meaning "Terrible Reptile" or "Fearfully Great Reptile").

The 100th anniversary of the death of Richard Owen, issued by Montserrat on May 1, 1992. The stamp shows Owen with Moa (extinct flightless bird) bone, design based on an old sketching:

Mammoth skeleton on postal stationary stamp and postmark and the reconstruction of the mammoth on the cachet, Mammoth Siegsdorf museum, Germany, 2015:

Cover sent from Germany to Israel, stamps cancelled with the mammoth postmark:

Extinct fauna of Moldova, issued by Moldova on October 29, 2016:

- Tapir - Tapirus
- Monkey - Dolichopithecus ruscinensis
- Hyena - Crocuta crocuta spelaea
- Camel - Paracamelus alexejevi




In addition, a small sheet contains one stamp shows deer (Megaloceros giganteus) also issued. I have the stamp only on cover:

life in Zambia over 200 million years ago, issued by Zambia on February 1, 1973:

- Oudenodon and Rubidgea
- "Broken Hill" Man - Middle Paleolithic fossil of Homo rhodesiensis, a synonym of Homo heidelbergensis. 150,000 and 300,000 years old.
- Zambiasaurus - extinct genus of dicynodonts.
- Skull of Luangwa Drysdalli - extinct genus of traversodontid cynodonts.
- Glossopteris - extinct Permian order of seed plants.

Zdenek Michael Frantisek Burian (February 11, 1905, Koprivnice, Moravia, Austria-Hungary – July 1, 1981 Prague, Czechoslovakia) was a Czech painter and book illustrator whose work played a central role in the development of paleontological reconstruction. Originally recognized only in his native Czechoslovakia, Burian's fame later spread to an international audience during a remarkable career spanning five decades. He is regarded by many as the most influential palaeo-artist of the modern era, and a number of subsequent artists have attempted to emulate his style.

Many countries issued stamps based on Burian's paintings of prehistoric animals and origin of man. In my collection, more than 100 different stamps from all over the world. In 1994, the Czech republic issued a set of three stamps show dinosaurs painted by Burian to commemorate his work:

Stegosaurus ungulatus
Apatosaurus excelsus
Tarbosaurus bataar

Prehistoric animal footprints, issued by Lesotho on January 5, 1970;

- Dinosaur footprints at Moyeni
- Gryponyx
- Plateosauravus
- Tritylodon
- Massospondyllus

Prehistoric Animals, reconstructions exhibited in the Paleontological Museum of Moscow, issued by the USSR on August 15, 1990:

- Pterosaur Sordes (Sordes pilosus)
- Chalicotherium
- Indricotherium
- Saurolophus
- Cephalaspid Thyestes

FDC franked with the above USSR set of prehistoric animals sent registered to Israel with additional postage. First day commemorative postmark shows the Indricotherium as on the 5K. stamp. The cachet depicts the paleontological museum in Moscow:

A set of Maxicards:

The Qu'aiti State in Hadhramaut or the Qu'aiti Sultanate of Shihr and Mukalla was a sultanate in the Hadhramaut region of the southern Arabian Peninsula, in what is now Yemen. Stamps were issued between 1955-1968.

In 1968, the Sultanate issued a set of 14 stamps, in seven se-tenants, show prehistoric and modern animals:

- Saber-toothed tiger and Leopards
- Dinosaurs and Tylosaurus
- Brontosaurus and Shark
- Mastodon and Rhinoceros
- Kangaroos and Zebras
- Rhamphorhynchus and Condor
- Cave man and Chimpanzee







Se-tenants issued as imperforate:

Peru 2022 Prehistoric Animals
The minisheet features Plesiosaur, an extinct Mesozoic marine reptiles.

Peru 2023 Prehistoric Animals
The minisheet features Megalodon. an extinct species of giant mackerel shark that lived from Early Miocene to Pliocene.

Bulgaria
Fossil fauna from the Miocene on the Bulgarian Lands
April 7, 2023
The stamp set features Chalicotherium, Machairodus, Tetralophodon, Sivatherium.