ABKHAZIA REPUBLIC

Abkhazia is a breakaway republic from Georgia. It is in a mountainous area on the Black Sea and has existed since June of 1992.


Catalog # Denom.      Date      Turtle      Description      Comment

1.50 Three Species of Turtles Se-tenant sheet of nine stamps (five copies of one stamp and two copies each of two others). Sheet I of a set of three sheets. Turtles are Trachemys scripta elegans (5), Chelus fimbriatus (2), and Testudo graeca (2).

1.50 Five Species of Turtles Se-tenant sheet of five stamps and four labels. Sheet II of three sets of sheets. Turtles are Chelus fimbratus, Testudo graeca, Trachemys scripta elegans, Chrysemys picta, and Clemmys caspica.

1.50 Three Species of Turtles Se-tenant sheet of nine stamps (five copies of one stamp and two copies each of two others). Sheet III of a set of three sheets. Turtles are Chelus fimbriatus (5), Chrysemys picta (2) and Clemmys caspica (2).

1.50 Chelus fimbriatus This stamp appears on sheets I, II, and III of a set of three sheets of nine stamps each.

1.50 Trachemys scripta elegans This stamp appears on sheets I and II of a set of three sheets of nine stamps each.

1.50 Testudo graeca This stamp appears on sheets I and II of a set of three sheets of nine stamps each.

1.50 Clemmys caspica This stamp appears on sheets II and III of a set of three sheets of nine stamps each.

1.50 Chrysemys picta This stamp appears on sheets II and III of a set of three sheets of nine stamps each.

Various 1995 Unidentified Sea Turtle Sheet of six se-tenant stamps showing life beneath and above the sea. Dolphins, fish, turtle, sea snake, and birds. Cinderella issue. Turtle overlaps two stamps.

225 1995 Unidentified Sea Turtle One of the two stamps (w/ posterior half of turtle) from 1995 sheet of six. Cinderella issue.

1800 1995 Unidentified Sea Turtle One of the two stamps (w/ anterior half of turtle) from 1995 sheet of six. Cinderella issue.

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