tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5500247109010734075.post4470136773545652993..comments2024-03-15T03:20:54.442-04:00Comments on Fossils and Other Living Things: Where Worlds Meet or Perhaps CollideTony Edgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11636818323982123697noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5500247109010734075.post-26709772332391774602017-10-16T22:41:29.678-04:002017-10-16T22:41:29.678-04:00Michael:
Thank you for your comment which provides...Michael:<br />Thank you for your comment which provides some very interesting background to this whole topic. By the way, I added a "later edit" to this post showing the 1955 U.S. stamp honoring Charles Willson Peale and his museum. This stamp does feature fossil bones. Your great website put me on to that stamp.<br />Best,<br />TonyTony Edgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636818323982123697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5500247109010734075.post-33664262748988805802017-10-16T04:14:26.144-04:002017-10-16T04:14:26.144-04:00You are basically right in your observations. Ther...<br /><br />You are basically right in your observations. There are indeed much more stamps with reconstruction of prehistoric animals rather ten their fossils. I guess it is because that it fascinates a general public much more than fossils. <br />You are also right when says that most of dinosaur stamps are from African and Asian countries. As poor a country is as more stamps they produced in order to gain some $ from collectors. Most of African countries are outsource their stamps production to some philatelic agencies and give them a green light to produce as many stamps as they like at all possible themes. It results in many hundreds, sometimes even thousands different stamps produced by the name of these countries per year. Nowadays two biggest stamp agencies are Stamprerija and IGPC. Personally, I avoid such stamps from my collection, because it design usually have nothing to do with the issuing country and have very poor design.<br />There are indeed not many artists who put their attention for details and correct representation of prehistoric creatures they draw on stamps.<br />It worth to mention: Peter Trusler from Australia, James Gurney from USA, Julius Csotonyi from Canada, Sergey Krasovskiy from Ukraine, who created very beautiful stamps of prehistoric animals. <br />The American stamp you show above is one of the first dinosaur stamps and shows part of "The Age of Reptiles" mural, that covers the entire east wall of the Yale Peabody Museum's Great Hall, painted by Rudoph Zallinger between 1943–1947.<br /><br />P.S. many thanks for good worlds about my website, glad to see it is usefull for fossil lovers. As I don't have a forum there I use facebook group (Paleophilately) to communicate with my fans: https://www.facebook.com/groups/889825297731726/<br /><br />best regards,<br />Michael Kogan (Paleophilatelist)<br />PaleoPhilatelisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12459518498080850155noreply@blogger.com