Thematic : Elephants.

Fossilized elephant tusks and tooth:

Woolly mammoth fossilized tusks and tooth, issued by Jersey on On October 12, 2010:

The fossilized tusks appears on the FD commemorative postmark:

Mammoth fossilized skull and tusks and a Mammoth reconstruction, issued by Japan on March 25, 2005 to publicize the World Exposition "EXPO 2005" held in Aichi, Japan:


Fossilized African elephant tusks and tooth, issued by Tunisia on September 20, 1982:

I took a look at my Paleontology stamp album and I was surprised that there are more than 60 different stamps show prehistoric elephants in addition to several postmarks, covers and FDC's. Since I don't want to turn this thread to paleontology thread, I will not post all stamps and items. Hence I chose five stamps from them I think are the most attractive. Here they are:

The first stamp in the world depicts prehistoric animal was issued by India on January 13, 1951 shows Stegodon ganesa. It was issued to commemorate the centenary of the geological survey of India:

Mammoth, designed and engraved by Naszarkowsky and issued by Sweden on October 3, 1992:

Woolly Mammoth, designed by Rolf Harder and isued by Canada on September 26, 1994:

Woolly Mammoth, issued by the USA on August 6, 1996:

Mammoth, issued by Yemen on November 27, 1990:

Hunters riding elephants, issued by South Vietnam on July 7, 1957 to commemorate the 3rd anniversary of the government of Ngo Dinh Diem:

From now on, I will post my material about Prehistoric elephants in the "Stamps Portraying Paleontology" thread. Here is the post I just added about prehistoric elephants of Nepal:
https://goscf.com/t/20964&whichpage=16#775758
Will post stamps, covers, postmarks etc. shows prehistoric elephants, elephant fossils and related subjects.

The Trung sisters (c. 14 – c. 43) were Vietnamese military leaders who ruled for three years after rebelling against the first Chinese domination of Vietnam. They are regarded as national heroines of Vietnam. Their names were Trung Trac and Trung Nhi. Trung Trac was the first woman to be a Vietnamese monarch, as well as the only queen regnant in the history of Vietnam and she was accorded the title Queen Trung.

The Trung sisters ride elephants into battle, issued by South Vietnam on March 14, 1959:

Issued in four different values:

Here are two from Thailand. The first from 2010 shows god Indra riding on many-headed elephant and the second was issued in 2016 for the Buddhist new year and shows figure from Buddhist legend:

Here are a set of nine stamps and a souvenir sheet from Mongolia issued in 1984 show the Buddhist legend about the four harmonious friends, elephant, rabbit, monkey and bird.

Elephant in Jerusalem zoo, issued by Israel on November 13, 2016:

Elephant in zoological center, Tel Aviv, issued by Israel on September 17, 1992:


The first day postmark shows elephant:

Two 1989 Indian covers with elephants, both in the postmark and the cachet, about Hinduism:

Sixteen auspicious dreams of Tirthankar's mother:


Indra carrying infant Lord on Earavat elephant in procession with musical instruments. Note the Konark elephant stamp

Elephants in Noah Ark, issued by Israel on May 12, 2007:

Asian Elephant in Taipei zoo, issued by Taiwan on October 16, 2014 to commemorate the century of the zoo:

Elephant in Schonbrunn zoological garden, Vienna, designed by Adolf Tuma, engraved by Wolfgang Seidel and issued by Austria on June 3, 2002:

A selection of African elephant (Loxodonta africana) stamps: Zaire (x3), Angola, Zambia, Rio-Muni and Cameroon:

Fauna of Africa, issued by Hungary on May 5, 1997. African elephant (Loxodonta africana) on the stamp:

To raise awareness to endangered species, Gibraltar issued on September 25, 2011 a set of six animal stamps, among them the Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus):

The stamps were issued also in SS shows the elephant in the margin: