BARBADOS

sample stamp


Catalog # Denom.      Date      Turtle      Description      Comment
SC 657 $2.50 26 Feb 85 Chelonia mydas Adult swimming underwater. Watermark 373, no imprinted date.
SC 657 b $2.50 01 Jun 86 Chelonia mydas Same as Scott Barbados #657, but w/ watermark 384. (no imprinted date). This stamp was formerly listed by Scott (and on this web site) as #657a but has been changed by Scott to #657b. (#657a in no longer in use by Scott).
SC 657 b $2.50 18 Aug 86 Chelonia mydas Same as Scott Barbados #657, but inscribed "1986" at bottom. No longer listed separately by Scott, but it is footnoted.
SC 657 c $2.50 1986 Chelonia mydas Same as Scott Barbados #657, but inscribed "1986" at bottom. (Also exists inscribed "1987" at bottom). This stamp was formerly footnoted by Scott w/o a number but is now listed w/ a number in their 2011 Catalog.
SC 748 50c 01 Aug 89 Geochelone carbonaria
SC 751 $1.00 01 Aug 89 Unidentified Tortoise s/s w/ tortoise in margin. No turtle on stamp.
SC 855 90c 28 Oct 93 Archelon sp. This is a strip of five different 90c stamps, one of which depicts Archelon. Archelon was a huge, prehistoric sea turtle from the late Cretaceous.
SC 855 e 90c 28 Oct 93 Archelon sp. This stamp is one of a strip of five different 90c stamps. Archelon was a huge, prehistoric sea turtle from the Late Cretaceous.
SC 1131 10c 29 Oct 07 Chelonia mydas Swimming to left. Inscribed "Green Turtle" in silver ink.
SC 1132 50c 29 Oct 07 Caretta caretta Swimming to right. Inscribed "Loggerhead" in silver ink.
SC 1133 $1 29 Oct 07 Eretmochelys imbricata Swimming up and left. Inscribed "Hawksbill" in silver ink.
SC 1134 $2.50 29 Oct 07 Dermochelys coriacea On beach. Inscribed "Leatherback" in silver ink.

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