AUSTRALIA


Catalog # Denom.      Date      Turtle      Description      Comment

None 2003 Turtle Shell Mask Postal stationery. Prepaid stamped envelope for domestic use in Australia only. Black turtle shell mask. Inscribed "postage paid". Issued as part of "Torres Strait Island Art" postal stationery series. Mask is c. 1850-1855.

SC 1535 $10 10 Apr 97 Stylized Turtle Bird flying over swamp. Inscribed "Kakadu Wetlands". Very small, faint, aboriginal style turtle in right margin.

SC 1535 a $10 Stylized Turtle S/S w/ one stamp (#1535). Selvedge has one image overlaying a background image. The background image has a large, faint turtle on the right side. The turtle's head is in the upper right corner of the sheet and the turtle's tail is near the lower right corner of the sheet. Stamp is inscribed "Kakadu Wetlands". No inscription on margin of sheet. Turtle is aboriginal style drawing (dorsal view).

SC 1535 b $10 Stylized Turtle Australia Scott #1535a w/ the logo for the Pacific 97 World Philatelic Exhibition in San Francisco, CA o/p'd in silver in upper selvedge. Lower selvedge inscribed "Australia Post Exhibition Sheet No. 4". Aboriginal style drawing of turtle (dorsal view).

SC 1535 c $10 Stylized Turtle Australia Scott #1535a w/ the following o/p in upper selvedge in gold: "Esposizione Mondiale Di Filatelia - World Philatelic Exhibition - Milano, 23 October - 1 November 1998. Lower selvedge inscribed "Australia Post Exhibition Sheet No. 5. Aboriginal style drawing of turtle (dorsal view).

SC 1535 d $10 01 Aug 01 Stylized Turtle Australia Scott #1535a o/p'd in sheet margin "Phila Nippon '01" and the show emblem. Turtle is aboriginal style drawing (dorsal view).

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