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.

19 comments:

  1. Is there a link with toothpaste :( Le dessin du timbre est vraiment bien fait mais combien ce reptile semble antipathique !

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    1. Haha, I think you would need a *lot* of extra-strength toothpaste for that mouth.

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  2. what an extraordinary stamp! and your dinosaurs at least hadnt caused any controversy :P

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    1. Not that I am aware of. The viewpoint on the stamp is definitely a novel one.

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  3. I 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!

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    1. Dinosaurs seem to continue to be a fascinating subject for stamps.

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  4. A 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 :-)

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    1. It was a great stamp to receive and find info on.

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    2. I 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) :-)

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    3. I think that borealis means 'Northern, from the North'.

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    4. Yes, Eva is correct. Latin for northern. There is no southern Dimetrodon, but there is a western one (D. occidentalis).

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    5. Boreas was the Greek god of the wind which blew from the north

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  5. Those are some pretty fearsome looking teeth.
    I find the series a little bit creepy yet simultaneously awesome.

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    1. Certainly the stamps give a unique perspective.

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  6. That one is my favourite of the set, just the right amount of peril.

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    1. Yes, I can't imagine seeing that face coming towards you.

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  7. This is the best dinosaur stamp I've seen,

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