For more interesting D postage, explore the links at Sunday Stamps.
Sunday, March 17, 2019
D is for Dimetrodon
This stamp is from a set issued in Canada in 2016, featuring dinosaurs reflected in the eye of another dinosaur. Here's a link to a page with more information about the animals themselves as well as pictures of the other stamps on the sheet.
For more interesting D postage, explore the links at Sunday Stamps.
For more interesting D postage, explore the links at Sunday Stamps.
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Is there a link with toothpaste :( Le dessin du timbre est vraiment bien fait mais combien ce reptile semble antipathique !
ReplyDeleteHaha, I think you would need a *lot* of extra-strength toothpaste for that mouth.
DeleteBelle dentition !
Deletewhat an extraordinary stamp! and your dinosaurs at least hadnt caused any controversy :P
ReplyDeleteNot that I am aware of. The viewpoint on the stamp is definitely a novel one.
DeleteI clicked on the link to see the rest of stamps, that are pretty cool. But I also found out that the "paleophilately" is a thing!
ReplyDeleteDinosaurs seem to continue to be a fascinating subject for stamps.
DeleteA great stamp (and serie)! The animal seems to have been drawing the picture afterwards by him/herself, as I don't see any reflection of a photographer or other kind of human artist in the other animal's eye :-)
ReplyDeleteIt was a great stamp to receive and find info on.
DeleteI just now am wondering about the animal's second name, borealis, and what it would mean. I read the Northern light shares the same family name (Aurora Borealis) :-)
DeleteI think that borealis means 'Northern, from the North'.
DeleteYes, Eva is correct. Latin for northern. There is no southern Dimetrodon, but there is a western one (D. occidentalis).
DeleteBoreas was the Greek god of the wind which blew from the north
DeleteThose are some pretty fearsome looking teeth.
ReplyDeleteI find the series a little bit creepy yet simultaneously awesome.
Certainly the stamps give a unique perspective.
DeleteThat one is my favourite of the set, just the right amount of peril.
ReplyDeleteYes, I can't imagine seeing that face coming towards you.
DeleteThis is the best dinosaur stamp I've seen,
ReplyDeleteI was lucky to receive it.
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