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 Maldives 
Paleontology related stamps (dinosaurs, prehistoric animals, fossils)

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The Maldives, officially the Republic of Maldives, is a South Asian island country, located in the Indian Ocean. It lies southwest of India and Sri Lanka. The chain of twenty six atolls stretches from Ihavandhippolhu Atoll in the north to the Addu City in the south. Comprising a territory spanning roughly 90,000 square kilometres, the Maldives is one of the world's most geographically dispersed countries, as well as the smallest Asian country by both land area and population, with a little over 393,500 inhabitants. Malé is the capital and most populated city, traditionally called the "King's Island" for its central location.
Maldive Islands was a British Protectorate, first as a dependency of Ceylon, then from 1948 as an independent sultanate, except for a year (1953) as a republic. The islands became completely independent on July 26, 1965,and became a republic again on November 11, 1968.

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On the first years since it independent, Post Authority of Maldives were issue reasonable amount of stamp a year. At the end 1980th amount of stamps issued per year in the country start to raise up. Stamps became an income of foreign currency for the island country. Stamps issue in big set with Souvenir and Mini sheets on every popular topic, many times without any reasonable link to the country. Due this reason almost all stamps below are marked as Undesired issues, not recommended for serious collectors.. Since 2012 Stamperija produces hunderds  different stamps on behalf of Maldives


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31.05.1972  "Prehistoric Animals" [1] 15.09.1992  "Dinosaurs" 20.06.1994 "The Ages of Dinosaurs"
Dinosaurs on stamp of Maldives 1972 Dinosaurs on stamp of Maldives 1992 Dinosaurs on stamp of Maldives 1994
20.11.1997  "Prehistoric Animals" 22.06.1999 "Prehistoric Animals"  21.05.2002   "Prehistoric Animals"
Dinosaurs on stamp of Maldives 1997 Dinosaurs on stamp of Maldives 1999 Dinosaurs on stamp of Maldives 2002
  26.01.2005 "Prehistoric Animals" 14.10.2014  "Dinosaurs"  25.05.2015 "Prehistoric Fauna: Dinosaurs"
Dinosaurs on stamp of Maldives 2005 Dinosaurs on stamp of Maldives 2014 Dinosaurs on stamp of Maldives 2015
23.06.2016 "Fauna and Flora of the World: Dinosaurs"
08.09.2016 "Charles Darwin"
17.05.2017 "Flying Dinosaurs"
17.05.2017 " Dinosaurs"
17.05.2017 "Prehistoric water animals"
Dinosaurs on stamp of Maldives 2016 Dinosaurs on stamp of Maldives 2016

Notes:

[1] Exist as imperforated variation too.  
"Souvenir" Sheet  with images of  two stamps from the set issued in a limited edition (some magazines mention  5.000 pieces) for promotional purpose only. Some other prehistoric creature depicted on the sheet margin: Archaeopteryx, Rhamphorhynchus and a theropod dinosaur. The sheet  made  from thick paper and was invalid for postal purpose, even though some collectors consider it for their collections. Due the limit quantity it is very difficult to find.


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