Mammoths, Mastodons And Other Prehistoric Elephants

Mammoth Hunting

A group of Neanderthals hunting mammoths using fire (left) and returning to their cave with a mammoth carcass in tow (right). This se-tenant issued by Jersey in 1994 to commemorate the discovery of the La Cotte de St. Brelade Neanderthal site.

This sheet, contains a set of different kind of early humans (hominids), issued by Uzbekistan in 2002. The margin depicting a group of Neanderthal hunting Mammoth.

Mammomth hunting on the margin of a sheet issued by Madagascar in 2019.

Elephants on prehistoric rock paintings of South West Africa (Namibia).

1954.

1974.


1976.

Mammoths on Italian postmarks.



Last one shows mammoth fossilized skeleton.

Mammoth hunting, Rock painting, Kondoa, Tanzania, issued by KUT on May 2, 1967 as one in a set of four about "East African Archaeological Relics".

Fortunately, I have the FDC of this set signed by the anthropologists Louis Leakey and his wife Mary Leakey which is my favorite item in my human evolution collection.

Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey and his wife Mary Leakey were pioneering paleoanthropologists who carried out important excavations in East Africa. At Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania, they uncovered fossil remains of early hominins and stone tools that provided key evidence for human evolution. Earlier, Louis Leakey's team discovered the Miocene ape Proconsul on Rusinga Island in Kenya, while Mary Leakey later made the famous discovery of the Laetoli footprints, preserving early human bipedalism from nearly 3.6 million years ago.

Fossil of Mammoth teeth, 600,000 years ago, North Korea, 1994.

issued in a sheet.

Second sheet of other stamps in the set has mammoth in yhe margin.

Several species I have one stamp each representing them.

Platybelodon was a prehistoric proboscidean, related to elephants, that lived during the Miocene epoch. It is best known for its shovel-like lower jaw and elongated teeth, which it likely used to scoop and cut vegetation- Hungary, 1990.

Tetralophodon was a Miocene–Pleistocene proboscidean, related to modern elephants, recognized by its four-ridged (tetraloph) molars. It was widespread across Africa, Europe, and Asia, adapted to grazing and browsing in diverse habitats - Uganda, 1992.

Mammuthus columbi, the Columbian mammoth, was one of the largest mammoth species, inhabiting North America during the Pleistocene. It preferred open grasslands and mixed habitats, feeding mainly on grasses and other vegetation - Nicaragua, 1987.

Elephas recki was a large extinct elephant that lived in Africa during the Pliocene and Pleistocene. It is considered an ancestor of modern African elephants and is often found in association with early hominin fossils at East African sites - elephas recki fossil, Djibouty, 1990.

Elephas africanavus was an extinct elephant species that lived in North Africa during the late Pliocene to early Pleistocene. It had relatively smaller tusks compared to later elephants and is thought to represent an early branch of the lineage leading to modern African elephants - Elephas africanavus fossil, Tunisia, 1982.

Laophil posted this stamp earlier today, to his post I'd like to add the FDC for the issue.

Thanks Nils

Elephant and tusk, Holon, Acheulean Stone-work (1,000,000 – 120,000 years ago), Israel, 2018.

In 2023, a souvenir sheet dedicated to mammoth fauna was published in Russia: extinct species - cave bear and woolly rhinoceros, and living species - elk and musk ox.

another image of a mammoth statue in Yakutsk in front of the Melnikov Permafrost Institute

A unique find made in 2001 right on the territory of the Zaraysk Kremlin.




A sculpture of a bison made of mammoth bone was found during excavations of a Paleolithic site from the 22nd millennium BC.




This settlement of ancient people was then located near the very edge of the glacier. Now it is stored in a local museum on the territory of the Kremlin. Later, two figurines of women made of mammoth tusk were found nearby - Paleolithic Venuses

Many thanks, Alexey for your great contributions. The Russian SS in your first post is just wonderful with very clear and beautiful mammoth postmark Like them all!

German postmarks show mammoths.

1983.

Ice age museum, Neuwied, 1989

Mammoth skeleton, Mammoth Siegsdorf museum, Germany, 2015.

Elephant skeleton fossil founded in Messel Pit (Grube Messel) in Germany, 1978.

Mammoth on a se-tenant issued by Niuafo'ou in 1996 to publicize the Congress of International Union of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences.

The first monument to a mammoth was opened in Russia in 1841 by Professor Kalinichenko of Kharkov University at the site of the discovery of two complete skeletons in the village of Kuleshovka in Sumy Oblast.




These skeletons are now kept at Kharkov University.

A sculptural group of 9 mammoths and many other animals from the Pleistocene period has been installed in Khanty-Mansiysk.