CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF
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| Catalog # | Denom. | Date | Turtle | Description | Comment | |||||||||
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| 60 | 1999 | Unidentified Plastron | Postal card w/ stamp printed directly on it. Both stamp & cachet depict ancient bone fragment and plastron used for divination. | Bone fragment and plastron inscribed w/ Chinese characters. | ||||||||||
| 80f | 2003? | Small, Crude Turtle | Sheet of eight identical stamps depicting a metal vessel w/ three legs. Bottom selvedge depicts the same square plate depicted on China Scott #3326. | Turtle difficult to discern even w/ magnification. Chinese postal authorities confirm the presence of a turtle on this plate. | ||||||||||
| 80f | 2004? | Unidentified Chelonian | Sheet of sixteen Scott China #3375 w/ a pink peony on each. Each stamp has a tab beneath it. Four identical tabs depict a crudely drawn turtle facing left. Other tabs depict a snake and two different pictures of foliage. Left margin of sheet depicts an old man w/ a hiking staff who may be gathering herbs for folk medicine. | There are no turtles on the stamps; only on the labels. The stamps were issued 31 July 2004 but the date of issue of the sheet is unknown. Scott does not mention the sheet. | ||||||||||
| SC | 2210 | 30f | 25 Mar 89 | Fanciful Turtle | Two tiny, turtle-like animals w/ white carapaces and long tails, on a silk painting excavated from Han Tomb #1 at Mawangdui, Changsha. | These may be dragons w/ turtle shells. | ||||||||
| SC | 2211 | $5 | 25 Mar 89 | Fanciful Turtle | Mini sheet comprising total designs of #2208-#2210 (the entire painting). | May represent dragons w/ turtle shells. | ||||||||
| SC | 2586 | 500f | 20 Jul 95 | Turtle Rock & Lighthouse | S/S showing Taihu Lake in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. A large rock known as "Turtle Rock" or "Turtle Island" is depicted and "Turtle Head Island Lighthouse" appears in the lower right corner. | Information regarding the name of the island comes from a German description of the stamp on the internet. | ||||||||
| SC | 2586 | a | 500f | 24 Mar 97 | Turtle Rock | This is Scott China 2586 (which see), o/p'd (in Chinese) "Hong Kong Returns to China PJZ-5". | ||||||||
| SC | 2717 | 20f | 02 Sep 96 | Unidentified Plastron | Chinese inscription on ancient turtle plastron from Shang dynasty. | |||||||||
| SC | 3326 | 60f | 13 Dec 03 | Small, Crude Turtle | Square plate w/ turtle and fish patterns. Turtle is very small and difficult to discern, even w/ magnification. | From set depicting bronze wares of Eastern Zhou Dynasty. Chinese postal authorities confirm the presence of a turtle on this plate. | ||||||||
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