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Catalog # Denom.      Date      Turtle      Description      Comment

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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