DORSET’S iconic palaeontologist – Mary Anning – is being honoured in a new collection of stamps.
The Royal Mail has revealed a new collection themed around the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, featuring designs by Joshua Dunlop and in collaboration with the Natural History Museum.
They include a set of stamps in homage to Mary, who became known around the world in the 19th century for her discoveries of fossils on the Jurassic Coast.
She is featured in the collection alongside dinosaur giants such as the Tyrannosaurus Rex, the Triceratops and the Stegosaurus.
David Gold, director of external affairs and policy at Royal Mail, said: “It is fitting in the week of International Women’s Day that we pay tribute to Mary Anning with four images of some of the fossils she discovered.”
An icthyosaur features on a stamp. Picture: Royal Mail
The mighty T Rex on one of the new stamps. Picture: Royal Mail
Perhaps a credit to the concept artist, Josh Dunlop for creating the dinosaur images?