CANADA

Catalog #			Denom.	Date	Turtle	Description	Comment

			See Comm	2004	Terrapene carolina	Personalized stamps w/ two different designs, made w/ customer-supplied photographs on them. At least two such stamps have been produced w/ turtles on them.	See Appendix VI for images of these stamps. Stamps inscribed "Domestic Postage Paid" but no numerical value appears. At the time of issue they were worth 50c, the domestic letter rate.

			50c	2004	Trachemys scripta elegans	Personalized stamp w/ customer-supplied photograph in center as main design element. As least one such stamp has been produced w/ a turtle on it.	See Appendix VI for an image of this stamp.

			61c	11 May 12	Cartoon Turtle	S/S of four stamps, each w/ a scene featuring Franklin, a cartoon turtle featured in popular Canadian children's books (in the French language versions of the books, Franklin is known as Benjamin).	A booklet of 12 stamps was also issued, featuring the same four stamps that are on the s/s.

			61c	11 May 12	Cartoon Turtle	Franklin the Turtle and a beaver holding a teddy bear.	One of the stamps on the sheet of four.

			61c	11 May 12	Cartoon Turtle	Franklin the Turtle holding a baby turtle.	One of the stamps on the sheet of four.

			61c	11 May 12	Cartoon Turtle	Franklin the Turtle and a snail in a toy airplane made from a wooden crate.	One of the stamps on the sheet of four.

			61c	11 May 12	Cartoon Turtle	Franklin the Turtle, a bear and a dog feeding a goldfish in a bowl.	One of the stamps on the sheet of four.

SC	578		10c	17 Sep 76	Chelydra serpentina	This stamp depicts an Indian rattle made from a snapping turtle shell.

SC	813		17c	10 Apr 79	Apalone spinifera

SC	885		17c	24 Apr 81	Stylized Turtle	The turtle is small and in the upper right corner of the stamp.	Main design is sculpture of Kateri Tekakwitha ("Lily of the Mohawks") by Emile Brunet.

SC	2229		52c	01 Oct 07	Dermochelys coriacea	Sheet of four endangered species plus four labels, including a right whale, a northern cricket frog, a leatherback turtle and a white sturgeon. Turtle on one stamp and one label.	Canada Post originally announced that these stamps would be issued in April 07 but later, on their web site, they changed the issue date to October 07.

SC	2229	d	52c	01 Oct 07	Dermochelys coriacea	Single stamp w/ turtle from Scott Canada #2229. Inscribed "Leatherback Turtle" and "Tortue Luth".	Canada Post originally announced that these stamps would be issued on April 07 but later, on their web site, they changed the issue date to October 07.

SC	2233		52c	01 Oct 07	Dermochelys coriacea	Single self-adhesive, die-cut stamp from booklet w/ design identical to Scott Canada #2229d.	Canada Post originally announced that these stamps would be issued in April 07 but later, on their web site, they changed the issue date to October 07.

SC	2233	a	52c	01 Oct 07	Dermochelys coriacea	Block of four stamps from booklet.	Canada Post originally announced that these stamps would be issued in April 07 but later, on their web site, they changed the issue date to October 07.

SC	2233	b	52c	01 Oct 07	Dermochelys coriacea	Booklet pane consisting of two Scott Canada #2233a.	Canada Post originally announced that these stamps would be issued in April 07 but later, on their web site, they changed the issue date to October 07.

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