Gallery of Paleontology and Paleoanthropology related circulated FDC

This gallery contains over 210 images of circulated FDC with official and local stamps depicting dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, prehistoric plants, fossils, paleontologists and paleoanthropologists.

Term: A FDC (First Day Cover) is a cover with a stamp canceled with either a commemorative, specially designed, pictorial postmark or a regular postmark with the date of the official release of the stamp.
The postmark usually indicates the date the stamp was issued and the city where it was first released.
Some countries issue stamps on one date, but the postmark is applied to FDCs weeks or even months after the date of release.
Most Postal authorities design FDCs that highlight the same theme or design as the stamp.
Other countries have a regular design that is used for all FDCs regardless of topic.

All Galleries on this website:

• Official stamps related to Paleontology or Paleoanthropology: dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, prehistoric plants, fossils, paleontologists and paleoanthropologists.
• Other official stamps to consider: fossil sites, Natural History Museums, contributors to Paleontology or Paleoanthropology.
• Examples of circulated covers and postcards with stamps related to Paleontology or Paleoanthropology.
• Postal Stationeries related to Paleontology or Paleoanthropology: dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, prehistoric plants, fossils, paleontologists and paleoanthropologists etc. on imprinted stamps or cachets.
• Official and personalized FDC with stamps related to Paleontology or Paleoanthropology: dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, prehistoric plants, fossils, paleontologists and paleoanthropologists.
• Other official and personalized FDC to consider: fossil sites, Natural History Museums, contributors to Paleontology or Paleoanthropology
• Examples of circulated FDC with stamps related to Paleontology or Paleoanthropology.
• Postmarks and meter-frankings related to Paleontology or Paleoanthropology: dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, prehistoric plants, fossils, paleontologists and paleoanthropologists.
• Other postmarks and meter-frankings to consider: fossil sites, Natural History Museums, contributors to Paleontology or Paleoanthropology.
• Examples of circulated covers and postcards with postmarks and meter-frankings related to Paleontology or Paleoanthropology.

Most of the FDCs shown on this page are from the collection of the Site Admin. Other images were shared by friends or visitors to the site. A few were downloaded from other sites on the internet.
If you have a nice FDC that is not shown here, please send the Site Admin a scan that can be posted (600 dpi preferred).

Acknowledgements:

• Many thanks to fellow collector Jon Noad from Calgary, Canada, who shared many scans from his covers collection.
• Many thanks to Dr. Peter Voice from Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Western Michigan University, for the draft page review and English corrections.

Last update 07.01.2024

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aland_1996_fdc_used	algeria_1952_fdc_used	algeria_1952_fdc_used3
algeria_1952_fdc2_used2	algeria_2020_fdc_used	angola_1994_fdc_used
argentina_2015_fdc_used	armenia_2017_fdc_used	armenia_2018_fdc_used
armenia_2019_fdc_used	armenia_2020_fdc_used	armenia_2021_fdc_used
armenia_2022_fdc_used	australia_2013_fdc_used	australia_2013_gp3_fdc_used
australia_2013_gp4_fdc_used	australia_2013_gp5_fdc_used	australia_2013_gp6_fdc_used
australia_2013_ms_fdc_used	australia_2013_ms_fdc_used2	australia_2013_ms_fdc_used3
australia_2020_fdc_used	austria_1999_fdc_used	bat_1990_fdc_used
bat_1991_env_used	belgium_2015_env_used_set1_1	belgium_2015_env_used_set1_2
belgium_2015_env_used_set1_3	belgium_2015_env_used_set2	brazil_2014_fdc_used
brazil_2016_fdc_used1	brazil_2016_fdc_used2	bulgaria_1971_fdc_used
bulgaria_1990_fdc_used	bulgaria_1990_ms_fdc_used	bulgaria_1994_fdc_personalized_used
bulgaria_2003_fdc_used1	bulgaria_2023_fdc_used	canada_1989_fdc2_used
canada_2014_fdc_used	china_1958_fdc_used	china_2002_fdc_private_used
china_2017_bl_fdc_used	china_2017_bl_fdc_used2	china_2017_fdc_used
china_2017_fdc2_used	croatia_1994_fdc_used	croatia_2012_fdc_used
croatia_2016_fdc_used	croatia_2016_fdc_used2	cuba_1990_fdc_used
cuba_2005_fdc_used	cuba_2006_fdc_used	cuba_2008_fdc_used
cuba_2015_fdc_used	czech_1994_fdc_used	czech_2016_fdc_used
czech_2018_fdc_used	czech_2018_fdc_used2	czechoslovakia_1968_fdc_used
czechoslovakia_1968_fdc_used2	ethiopia_1977_fdc_used	falkland_isl_2009_darwin_fdc_used
france_2008_fdc_used	fujeira_1968_fdc_used	fujeira_1968_fdc_used2
fujeira_1968_fdc2_used	germany_1978_env_used	germany_1998_fdc_used
germany_2003_fdc_private_used	germany_2003_fdc_used1	germany_2003_fdc_used2
germany_2003_fdc_used3	germany_2006_pm03_fdc_used	germany_2006_pm04_fdc_used
germany_2006_pm05_fdc_used	germany_2008_fdc_used3	germany_2011_fdc_used
germany_ddr_1990_fdc_used1	germany_ddr_1990_fdc_used2	greece_1979_fdc_used
greece_1982_fdc_used_both_sides	hong_kong_2014_fdc1_used	hong_kong_2014_fdc2_used
hong_kong_2014_ms_fdc_used	hong_kong_2014_ms_fdc2_used	hong_kong_2014_ms2_booklet_fdc_used
hong_kong_2014_ms2_booklet_fdc2_used	hong_kong_2022_fdc_used	hong_kong_2022_fdc_used2
hungary_1990_fdc_used	hungary_2016_fdc_bl_used	hungary_2016_fdc_used
india_1951_fdc_used	indonesia_2014_fdc_used	isle_of_man_1994_fdc_used
israel_2017_fdc_used	israel_2018_fdc_used	israel_2018_fdc_used2
israel_2018_fdc_used3	japan_2005_fdc_used	japan_2010_fdc_used
kazakhstan_1994_fdc_used2	korea_south_2006_fdc_used	korea_south_2006_fdc_used3
korea_south_2010_fdc_used	korea_south_2010_fdc_used2	korea_south_2011_fdc_used
korea_south_2012_fdc_used1	korea_south_2012_fdc_used2	latvia_2015_fdc_used1
latvia_2015_fdc_used2	moldova_2009_darwin_fdc_used	moldova_2010_fdc_used
moldova_2010_fdc_used2	moldova_2010_ms_fdc_used	moldova_2014_fdc2_used
moldova_2016_fdc_used	mongolia_2021_fdc_used	mongolia_2022_fdc_used
nepal_2013_fdc2_museum_used	nepal_2015_fdc_museum_used	nepal_2015_fdc_used
netherland_1962_fdc	poland_1965_fdc_used	poland_1966_fdc1_used
poland_2020_fdc_used	portugal_1999_amiel_fdc_used1	portugal_1999_amiel_fdc_used2
portugal_1999_amiel_fdc_used3	portugal_1999_amiel_fdc1_signed_used	portugal_1999_smd_fdc_signed_used
portugal_1999_smd_fdc_used1	portugal_1999_smd_fdc_used2	portugal_1999_smd_fdc_used3
portugal_2009_cov_used	portugal_2009_darwin_fdc_used	portugal_2009_darwin_fdc_used2
portugal_2015_fdc_lisboa_used1	portugal_2015_fdc_lisboa_used2	portugal_2015_fdc_lisboa_used3
portugal_2015_fdc_porto_used1	portugal_2015_fdc_porto_used2	romania_1966_fdc1_used
romania_2016_fdc_used	russia_2020_fdc_Moscow_used	russia_2020_fdc_Moscow_used2
russia_2020_fdc_Moscow_used3	russia_2020_fdc_Sevastopol_used	russia_2020_fdc_St_Petersburg_used1
russia_2020_fdc_Yaroslavl_used1	san_marino_1965_fdc_used	serbia_2014_fdc_used
serbia_2014_fdc_used2	serbia_2014_fdc_used3	serbia_2016_fdc_used2
serbia_2016_fdc_used3	serbia_2016_fdc_used4	serbia_2018_fdc_used1
serbia_2018_fdc_used2	serbia_2018_fdc_used3	serbia_2018_fdc1_used
serbia_2020_fdc_used	serbia_2020_fdc_used2	serbia_2020_fdc_used3
singapore_2015_fdc_used	singapore_2015_fdc_used2	singapore_2015_fdc_used3
slovakia_2022_fdc_used	slovenia_1993_fdc_used1	slovenia_1993_fdc_used2
slovenia_1999_fdc_used	slovenia_2016_fdc_used	slovenia_2016_fdc_used2
slovenia_2016_fdc_used3	slovenia_2017_fdc_used	slovenia_2018_fdc_used
slovenia_2019_fdc_used	south_africa_2017_fdc_used	spain_2019_fdc_used
sweden_2016_fdc_used	sweden_2016_fdc_used2	sweden_2016_fdc_used3
switzerland_1958_fdc_used	switzerland_1960_fdc_used	switzerland_1961_fdc_used
tanzania_1965_fdc_used	tunisia_1974_fdc_used	turkey_2012_fdc_used
turkey_2012_fdc_used2	turkey_2017_fdc_used	uk_1991_fdc_pm3_used_signed
uk_2006_fdc1_used	uk_2006_fdc2_used_open	uk_2006_fdc4_used
uk_2006_fdc5_used	uk_2013_fdc_used	ukraine_2017_fdc_used
ukraine_2017_fdc_used2	ukraine_2017_fdc_used3	ukraine_2017_fdc_used4
ukraine_2019_fdc_used1	ukraine_2019_fdc_used2	usa_1955_fdc_used
ussr_1975_fdc_used	ussr_1975_fdc_used2	ussr_1990_fdc_used
ussr_1990_fdc_used2	yugoslavia_1985_fdc_used1	yugoslavia_1985_fdc2_used