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| Catalog # | Denom. | Date | Turtle | Description | Comment | |||||||||
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| 450f | 2008 | Various Sea Turtles | Sheet of nine 450f stamps, all w/ undersea scenes. Turtles on stamps in d, h and i positions. Jules Verne in lower left corner of sheet and Jacques Costeau in lower right corner. | Swimmer Hayden Hirsch in stamp in e position. | ||||||||||
| 450f | 2008 | Eretmochelys imbricata | Close-up of face of SCUBA diver and head of turtle, looking at each other. | Individual stamp from d position on sheet of nine w/ Jules Verne and Jacque Costeau. | ||||||||||
| 450f | 2008 | Dermochelys coriacea | SCUBA diver hanging onto carapace of turtle. | Individual stamp from h position on sheet of nine w/ Jules Verne and Jacque Costeau. | ||||||||||
| 450f | 2008 | Eretmochelys imbricata | Swimming turtle in foreground w/ shadowy outline of SCUBA diver in background. | Individual stamp from i position on sheet of nine w/ Jules Verne and Jacque Costeau. | ||||||||||
| 1000f | 2008 | Geochelone elephantopus | S/S of four stamps w/ Charles Darwin in left margin. Large photo of Galapagos tortoise on one stamp. | Upper margin of sheet inscribed "Galapagos". | ||||||||||
| 1000f | 2008 | Geochelone elephantopus | Individual stamp w/ turtle from 2008 sheet of four. Large photo of tortoise facing viewer w/ grass in mouth. | Green, white and purple flag in upper left corner of stamp. | ||||||||||
| MK | 701 | 300fr | 29 Sep 71 | Testudo sp. | Turtle is in a painting by Pieter Claesz. | This is the single stamp from the s/s listed by Scott as #292F (q.v.), but there is a discrepency in the issue dates. | ||||||||
| SC | 150f | 1996 | Unidentified Tortoises | s/s w/ same two stamps that appear on Scott Chad 682. Background of sheet and margins of stamps are pale green. Stamp margins on 682 are white. | This s/s is footnoted by Scott but is not assigned a separate number. | |||||||||
| SC | 292 | F | 300fr | 01 Apr 73 | Testudo sp. | Small tortoise in painting by Pieter Claesz on a single stamp s/s. Issue date has also been reported to be 15 Feb 73 and 29 Sep 71. | This s/s was formerly listed as Scott Chad 7306. It has been renumbered to 292F. It contains the stamp listed by Minkus as #701, but there is a discrepency in the dates, which needs to be resolved. | |||||||
| SC | 682 | 150f | 1996 | Unidentified Tortoises | Two different stamps w/ a label between them. One (682a) shows children looking at tortoises. | UNICEF symbol on label and on both stamps. | ||||||||
| SC | 682 | a | 150f | 1996 | Unidentified Tortoises | Single stamp w/ tortoises from Scott Chad 682. | ||||||||
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