1275) "The Wonderful World of Bakony Dinosaurs - Site II," Hungary: A second set of six stamps of 200 Forint each issued by Magyar Posta (Hungarian Post): Date of stamp issue: 04.03.2020:
Magyar Posta (Hungarian Post) is continuing its series presenting "The Wonderful World of Bakony Dinosaurs". The second issue, following the concept begun in 2018, presents another six pre-historic animals.
The stamps transport one back to about 85 million years in the history of Earth's evolution to the Late Cretaceous Period Epoch. In these pre-historic times, planet Earth looked entirely different. The Continents had different shapes, the climate was not the same and the plants and animals inhabiting the land and the seas were most unlike the present day flora and fauna. Humans were not present yet, so there were no drawings or photographs and everything that we know about these animals is based on scientific study of fossils found in rocks and skeletons of dinosaurs.
Every geological period has its characteristic organisms and living beings.
During this period represented on these stamps, the Earth was inhabited largely by Dinosaurs and their close relatives, who were the dominant species. The term/word Dinosaur means "fearfully great or terrible lizard or Reptile."
Dinosaurs ruled the Earth for 175 million years before all their species went extinct, except for birds, 66 million years ago. Between their disappearance and the appearance of man, over 300 times as much time passed than between the appearance of man and the present day.
Nevertheless, dinosaurs still continue to be popular today and are the subject of many books, films and games.
In the middle of the 19th Century, when scientists started using this name ("Dinosaur"), they knew far less than we do today, as this expression is not entirely accurate.
While some of these beings were in fact giant animals with a frightening appearance, most of them were the size of a human or smaller - as such they were not so terrible, not to mention the fact that dinosaurs are only the distant relations of present day lizards and much closer to today's birds, with similar habits of making a nest among other similarities.
Discoveries in the Bakony Mountains:
In the spring of 2000, after much preliminary information collecting and research, the first dinosaur fossils in modern Hungary were unearthed from a sandstone formation at Iharkut in the Bakony Mountains. After the initial finds, more fossils came to light, and in the subsequent years, in addition to numerous small collecting trips, research camps lasting several weeks were regularly organised, where contiguous skeletons and several thousand individual bones and teeth were discovered/found.
The stamps transport one back to about 85 million years in the history of Earth's evolution to the Late Cretaceous Period Epoch. In these pre-historic times, planet Earth looked entirely different. The Continents had different shapes, the climate was not the same and the plants and animals inhabiting the land and the seas were most unlike the present day flora and fauna. Humans were not present yet, so there were no drawings or photographs and everything that we know about these animals is based on scientific study of fossils found in rocks and skeletons of dinosaurs.
Every geological period has its characteristic organisms and living beings.
During this period represented on these stamps, the Earth was inhabited largely by Dinosaurs and their close relatives, who were the dominant species. The term/word Dinosaur means "fearfully great or terrible lizard or Reptile."
Dinosaurs ruled the Earth for 175 million years before all their species went extinct, except for birds, 66 million years ago. Between their disappearance and the appearance of man, over 300 times as much time passed than between the appearance of man and the present day.
Nevertheless, dinosaurs still continue to be popular today and are the subject of many books, films and games.
In the middle of the 19th Century, when scientists started using this name ("Dinosaur"), they knew far less than we do today, as this expression is not entirely accurate.
While some of these beings were in fact giant animals with a frightening appearance, most of them were the size of a human or smaller - as such they were not so terrible, not to mention the fact that dinosaurs are only the distant relations of present day lizards and much closer to today's birds, with similar habits of making a nest among other similarities.
Discoveries in the Bakony Mountains:
In the spring of 2000, after much preliminary information collecting and research, the first dinosaur fossils in modern Hungary were unearthed from a sandstone formation at Iharkut in the Bakony Mountains. After the initial finds, more fossils came to light, and in the subsequent years, in addition to numerous small collecting trips, research camps lasting several weeks were regularly organised, where contiguous skeletons and several thousand individual bones and teeth were discovered/found.
The Stamps:
The designs of the six stamps of the Souvenir Sheet shows the following creatures in this order -
Hungarobatrachus szukacsi, Mochlodon vorosi, Bauxitornis mindszentyae, Atractosteus, Foxemys trabanti and Doratodon carcharidens.
At left, the depiction of Mochlodon vorosi is repeated on the First Day Cover (FDC).
The technical specifications:
Stamp issue date: 04.03.2020
Stamp Size: 30.0 mm x 40.0 mm
Designer: Tibor Z. Petenyi
Printer: Penzjegynyomda Zrt
Process: Offset
Colours: 4 Colours
Links to posts on Hungarian Coins, Currency & Stamps on this Blog:
8) Hungarian Viszla Dog Breed, Hungary: "Hungarian Sheep and Hunting Dogs Breeds Coin Series": First Coin in the Series issued by the National Bank of Hungary: Coin issue date: 09.09.2019
9) "The Wonderful World of Bakony Dinosaurs - Site II", Hungary: A second set of six stamps of 200 Forint each issued by Magyar Posta (Hungarian Post): Date of stamp set issue: 04.03.2020
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