Feb 23, 2014

Hong Kong FDC on "Chinese Dinosaurs"





First Day Cover
首日封
Sobrescrito de 1.º Dia

Hong Kong

Chinese Dinosaurs

Date of Issue : 20 February 2014

At present, China has over 170 recorded dinosaur species. This set of six stamps introduce six unique Chinese dinosaur species

$1.7 : Daxiatitan binglingi
$2.2 : Microraptor gui
$2.9 : Lufengosaurus magnus
$3.1 : Tuojiangosaurus multispinus
$3.7 : Protoceratops andrewsi
$5 : Yangchuanosaurus shangyouensis

This set of six stamps is printed with a luminous effect that makes the unique features of the Chinese dinosaurs glow in the dark.

1 comment:

  1. Very nice stamps, one of my favorites. Actually is only the second Dinosaur stamp set of China. The first one issued in 1958.... a while ago.
    On top of luminous effect , the postage prepaid picture card, with 3D printing effect, makes the six dinosaurs more vivid.

    More info is here: http://www.paleophilatelie.eu/description/stamps/hong_kong_2014.html

    ReplyDelete