What's New:  December 2004

Here is the material that was added or modified for this update:

1. List of Stamps Arranged by Country

2. Appendix II: Labels, Seals, Advertising Stamps, Etc.

   LORD HOWE ISLAND  

   (Near Australia) Postal label w/ the skeleton of Meiolania, an extinct chelonian from the Pleistocene of Australia. From 31 December 1998 to 2002, a legal, legitimate local post operated on Lord Howe Island, and it issued its own stamps. The labels shown here, however, were issued prior to the existence of that local post and had no postal validity.

   A & A LUISI COMPANY  

   An advertising stamp with a mermaid, underwater, sitting on a land tortoise. The text says "The finest wares made of turtle shell and hand fans". The text also indicates that they had offices in Naples (Italy) and Munich and Berlin (Germany). Date of issue is unknown.

3. Appendix IV: Chelonian Taxa Appearing on Postage Stamps of the World

   Kachuga tecta

   Melanochelys trijuga

4. Appendix V: Post Offices with "Turtle" or "Tortoise" in Their Names

   
   

   Post Office Name		Country		State or Province		Postal Code		Dates of Existence
   Bahia Tortugas		Mexico		Baja California Sur

5. Appendix VI: Personal Stamps

   A new appendix showing examples of personalized stamps that have pictures of turtles.

Last modified:  December 10, 2004