BAHAMAS

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Catalog # Denom.      Date      Turtle      Description      Comment

30c 03 Jan 12 Eretmochelys imbricata One individual swimming three-quarters left. From set of sixteen marine life definitives.

SC 316 4c 27 Apr 71 Eretmochelys imbricata

SC 318 6c 21 Sep 71 Eretmochelys imbricata

SC 400 25c 02 Nov 76 Eretmochelys imbricata

SC 439 25c June 1978 Eretmochelys imbricata Identical to Scott Bahamas #400, except that it is unwatermarked.

SC 567 50c 15 Aug 84 Chelonia mydas Issue date is 18 Sep 84 according to FDC.

SC 567 a 50c 15 Aug 84 Chelonia mydas s/s of 4 stamps including Scott Bahamas #567. Issue date is 18 Sep 84 according to FDC.

SC 568 31c 15 Aug 84 Chelonia mydas Strip of five stamps forming a continuous design. One stamp depicts Chelonia mydas.

SC 568 d 31c 15 Aug 84 Chelonia mydas Single stamp from strip of five (Scott Bahamas #568).

SC 833 60c 18 Jul 95 Green Turtle Cay Albert Lowe Museum on Green Turtle Cay. No turtle on stamp.

SC 877 60c 03 Sep 96 Trachemys stejnegeri The sub-species depicted is "malonei" according to the issuing authority. From "Environment Protection/Part 4" Issue.

SC 878 a Various 03 Sep 96 Trachemys stejnegeri The sub-species depicted is "malonei" according to the issuing authority. s/s of four different stamps depicting reptiles of the Bahamas.

SC 895 60c 03 Sep 97 Unidentified Sea Turtle Inscribed "International Year of the Reef". Designed by a child. From "Environment Protection Part V" Issue.

SC 926 15c 24 Nov 98 Unidentified Sea Turtle Also depicts killer whale, shark, dolphins, and a seal. Inscribed "International Year of the Ocean".

SC 940 55c 06 Apr 99 Unidentified Sea Turtle Strip of five w/ turtle on one. Inscribed "Bahamas National Trust - 40th Anniversary".

SC 940 d 55c 06 Apr 99 Unidentified Sea Turtle Single stamp w/ turtle from Scott Bahamas 940. Inscribed "Bahamas National Trust - 40th Anniversary".

SC 956 15c 21 Sep 99 Unidentified Sea Turtles Two sea turtles in a lagoon and tiny turtle emerging onto beach. Inscribed "Environment Protection", "Turtle Pond" and "Part VII".

SC 957 65c 21 Sep 99 Chelonia mydas Four green turtles in sea at base of cliffs. Inscribed "Environment Protection", "Green Turtles and Limestone Cliffs", and "Part VII".

SC 1093 80c 24 Nov 03 Unidentified Sea Turtle Painting by Alton Lowe entitled "Annual Visit", shows a turtle on a beach. Inscribed "Waters of Life". Date also reported as 1 Dec 03.

SC 1278 65c 01 May 09 Dog Named "Turtle" Head and shoulders of a "potcake" dog named "Turtle". "Potcake" refers to food scraped from the bottom of cooking pots that was fed to stray dogs.

SC 1296 65c 03 Mar 10 Unidentified Sea Turtle White silhouette of a lizard superimposed on a dark silhouette of a sea turtle. Stamp inscribed "Friends of the Environment".

SG 468 A 25c 1979 Eretmochelys imbricata Similar to Scott Bahamas #400 except that it is on chalky-surfaced paper.

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