Australia Philately: 1973 40th International Eucharistic Congress

A special pictorial postmarker as illustrated was provided at Melbourne from 12th to 28th February, 1973, during the 40th International Eucharistic Congress, and was used to cancel 15,511 articles, including 54 registered. A temporary post office was established at the Exhibition Buildings, Carlton, for the convenience of persons attending the…

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Zambia Philately: 1973 Our Country Over 200 Million Years Ago – 25n Luangwa Fossil : Glossopertis

Glossopteris is the largest and best-known genus of the extinct Permian order of seed plants known as Glossopteridales. The genus Glossopteris refers only to leaves, within a framework of form genera used in paleobotany. Species of Glossopteris were the dominant trees of the middle to high-latitude lowland vegetation across the…

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Zambia Philately: 1973 Our Country Over 200 Million Years Ago – 15n Luangwa Drysdalli

Luangwa is an extinct genus of traversodontid cynodonts. The species Luangwa drysdalli was discovered 1963 in the valley of the Luangwa river in Zambia, Africa. Luangwa lived in the Triassic period 240 Million years ago. The species is named after Alan Roy Drysdall (1934–2017), an English geologist who worked in…

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