Royal Mail The Age of the Dinosaurs Presentation Pack
Item Description

This fact-filled fold-out collectible contains all 12 stamps in The Age of the Dinosaurs issue in mint condition.

The eight Special Stamps feature new digital illustrations of different prehistoric species across the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.
The Miniature Sheet’s four stamps, presented in a separate carrier, celebrate 19th century fossil hunter Mary Anning’s contribution to palaeontology.

The carrier includes a famous watercolour painting by geologist Henry De La Beche from 1830 imagining a prehistoric world based on Mary Anning’s discoveries.
A stylish souvenir curated in collaboration with palaeontology experts from the Natural History Museum, packed with images, facts and insights.

The stamps included in the pack are:
1st Class: Tyrannosaurus lived during the Late Cretaceous period between 68 and 66 million years ago
1st Class: Triceratops lived around 68 million years ago during the Late Cretaceous period
1st Class: Coloborhynchus was one of the earliest pterosaurs to be discovered
1st Class: Iguanodon lived during the Early Cretaceous period between 125 and 110 million years ago
£2.00: Stegosaurus is one of the most recognisable dinosaurs, although we know relatively little about it as its remains are rare
£2.00: Diplodocus reached up to 27 metres in length and lived 150 million years ago at the end of the Jurassic Period.
£2.00: Megalosaurus roamed what is now England between 170 and 155 million years ago
£2.00: Cryptoclidus was a plesiosaur that existed from the Middle Triassic to the Late Cretaceous periods.

Plus the Miniature Sheet stamps:
1st Class: One of the 19th century’s greatest fossil hunters, Mary Anning
1st Class: Ichthyosaurus communis
1st Class: Dapedium politum
1st Class: Plesiosaurus macrocephalus