Togo
Dinosaurs and other prehistoric animal, prehistoric human, fossils, Charles Darwin on stamps of Togo
|
![Regular letter from Togo, with stamps of prehistoric animals from 2015, sent to Germany Regular letter from Togo, with stamps of prehistoric animals from 2015, sent to Germany](../images/country/togo/togo_2015_env_used1.jpg) |
Regular letter from Togo, with stamps of prehistoric animals from 2015, sent to Germany in 2017.
|
Contents:
Togo, officially the Togolese Republic, is a country in West Africa bordered by
Ghana to the west,
Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north.
It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, where its capital Lomé is located.
Togo covers 57,000 square kilometres, making it one of the smallest countries in
Africa, with a population of approximately 7.5 million.
Togo gained its independence from
France in 1960.
[R1]
Togo joined the Universal Postal Union on 21 March 1962.
Togo was one of the first clients of the Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corporation (IGPC).
Since 2010, Togo has been a client of Stamperija.
Stamperija produces hundreds of stamps covering every popular topic per year on the behalf of Togo.
[R2]
Official stamps of Togo related to Paleontology and Paleoanthropology: fossils and reconstruction of prehistoric animals and humans, paleontologists, Charles Darwin
xx.xx.1994 "Dinosaurs" |
16.12.1997 "Dinosaurs" |
15.07.2010 "Charles Darwin" |
![Dinosaurs on stamps of Togo 1994 Dinosaurs on stamps of Togo 1994](../images/preview/stamps/t_togo_1994.jpg) |
![Dinosaurs on stamps of Togo 1997 Dinosaurs on stamps of Togo 1997](../images/preview/stamps/t_togo_1997.jpg) |
![Charles Darwin and Dinosaurs on stamps of Togo 2010 Charles Darwin and Dinosaurs on stamps of Togo 2010](../images/preview/stamps/t_togo_2010_darwin.jpg) |
30.03. 2012 "Scouts of Africa" [2]
11.10. 2012 "30 th anniversary of the death of Charles Darwin"
11.10. 2012 "210 th anniversary of Johan Friedrich von Brandt" [3]
|
03.06. 2013 "100 th anniversary of Mary Leakey"
03.06. 2013 "Prehistoric flying reptiles"
22.07. 2013 "Extinct species"
22.07. 2013 "Fossils and volcanoes"
15.11. 2013 "Prehistoric life"
05.12. 2013 "Aquatic Dinosaurs"
|
30.06.2014 "Dinosaurs"
30.12.2014 "Dinosaurs" |
|
![Dinosaurs on stamps of Togo 2013 Dinosaurs on stamps of Togo 2013](../images/preview/stamps/t_togo_2013.jpg) |
![Dinosaurs on stamps of Togo 2014 Dinosaurs on stamps of Togo 2014](../images/preview/stamps/t_togo_2014.jpg) |
22.04. 2015 "Dinosaurs"
15.06. 2015 "Dinosaurs"
15.06. 2015 "Extinct animals"
18.12. 2015 "Aquatic prehistoric animals"
30.12. 2015 "Dinosaurs"
|
20.05. 2016 "Shells"
20.05. 2016 "Dinosaurs"
15.12. 2016 "Dinosaurs"
29.12. 2016 "Prehistoric Aquatic Animals"
|
28.02. 2017 "Dinosaurs"
31.07. 2017 "Dinosaurs"
31.07. 2017 "135 th anniversary of Charles Darwin"
15.12. 2017 "Prehistoric water animals"
15.12. 2017 "Shells" [1]
|
![Dinosaurs on stamps of Togo 2015 Dinosaurs on stamps of Togo 2015](../images/preview/stamps/t_togo_2015.jpg) |
![Dinosaurs on stamps of Togo 2016 Dinosaurs on stamps of Togo 2016](../images/preview/stamps/t_togo_2016.jpg) |
![Dinosaurs, prehistoric animals, Charles Darwin on stamps of Togo 2017 Dinosaurs, prehistoric animals, Charles Darwin on stamps of Togo 2017](../images/preview/stamps/t_togo_2017.jpg) |
09.02. 2018 "Dinosaurs"
28.06. 2018 "Dinosaurs"
28.06. 2018 "Extinct animals"
|
25.02. 2019 "Fossils"
25.02. 2019 "Dinosaurs"
25.06. 2019 "Prehistoric water animals"
05.07. 2019 "Carolina butcher" [4]
30.08. 2019 "Flying dinosaurs"
30.08. 2019 "Charles Darwin"
30.08. 2019 "Extinct animals" [5]
05.11. 2019 "Fossils"
|
28.02. 2020 "Prehistoric water animals"
29.05. 2020 "Dinosaurs"
29.05. 2020 "Fossils"
08.10. 2020 "Prehistoric humans"
08.10. 2020 "Flying dinosaurs" [6]
|
![Dinosaurs on stamps of Togo 2018 Dinosaurs on stamps of Togo 2018](../images/preview/stamps/t_togo_2018.jpg) |
![Fossils, dinosaurs, prehistoric animals on stamps of Togo 2019 Fossils, dinosaurs, prehistoric animals on stamps of Togo 2019](../images/preview/stamps/t_togo_2019.jpg) |
![Prehistoric animals on stamps of Togo 2020 Prehistoric animals on stamps of Togo 2020](../images/preview/stamps/t_togo_2020.jpg) |
25.03. 2021 "Fossils"
25.03. 2021 "Dinosaurs"
25.06. 2021 "Prehistoric water animals"
30.08. 2021 "Extinct Species"
30.08. 2021 "Dinosaurs"
30.12. 2021 "Prehistoric humans"
30.12. 2021 "Flying dinosaurs" [6]
30.12. 2021 "Dinosaurs"
|
31.01. 2022 "Fossils"
31.01. 2022 "Prehistoric water animals"
01.09. 2022 "Fossils"
01.09. 2022 "Flying dinosaurs" [6]
01.09. 2022 "Prehistoric humans"
|
|
![Prehistoric animals on stamps of Togo 2021 Prehistoric animals on stamps of Togo 2021](../images/preview/stamps/t_togo_2021.jpg) |
![Prehistoric animals and their fossils on stamps of Togo 2022 Prehistoric animals and their fossils on stamps of Togo 2022](../images/preview/stamps/t_togo_2022.jpg) |
|
Notes:
[1] Ammonite on margin of the block.
[2]
Carcharodontosaurus and
Deltadromeus dinosaurs are on margin of Souvenir Sheet (just below the stamp).
[3]
Elephas/Mammuthus primigenius shown on margin of Souvenir Sheet (top-right side).
[4]
Carnufex carolinensis, shown on stamp from the Souvenir Sheet, is an extinct
genus of
Crocodylomorph suchian from the Late Triassic of North America.
[5] The first stamp on the mini-sheet shows Bos primigenius (Aurochs).
This species was the ancestor of modern domestic cattle and went extinct in the Holocene.
The last individuals died out in 1627.
The first stamp on the Mini-Sheet shown
Bos primigenius, the ancestors of domestic cattle, extinct in the Holocene, some 300 years ago.
[6] "Flying dinosaurs" is not the correct term to apply to the animals shown on these stamps.
The animals pictured are pterosaurs.
Pterosaurs are a group of flying reptiles in the Archosauria.
Reptiles in the archosaurs include crocodiles, dinosaurs, and pterosaurs.
Some other stamps of Togo to consider
28.02.2020 "85th anniversary of Moscow Metro" [A1] |
|
|
![Fossil on post stamps of Togo 2020 Fossil on post stamps of Togo 2020](../images/preview/stamps/others/t_togo_2020.jpg) |
|
Notes:
[A1]
Fossil ammonites are shown on a stamp from the “85
th Anniversary of the Moscow Metro”
set (bottom right of the mini-sheet of 4 stamps).
There is absolutely no reason for Togo to commemorate the anniversary of a Metro Station in Moscow,
except to raise money from collectors.
References:
- [R1] Togo:
Wikipedia
FlagCounter
- [R2] Postal History and Philately of Togo:
Wikipedia
"In quest for abusive and undesirable stamp issues" by Jari Majander, published in Nr. 29
Links to official website of the Post Authority, stamp catalog and a list of new stamps of Togo are here
Acknowledgements:
Many thanks to Dr.
Peter Voice from Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Western Michigan University,
for the draft page review and his valuable comments.