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Catalog # | Denom. | Date | Turtle | Description | Comment | |||||||||
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SC | 2139 | $2 | 17 Jan 79 | Unidentified Plastron | This stamp shows a plastron bearing ancient inscriptions. | |||||||||
SC | 2141 | $8 | 17 Jan 79 | Ancient Turtle Sculpture | ||||||||||
SC | 2413 | $18 | 20 May 84 | Stylized Turtle | This is a candle holder in the form of a turtle. | |||||||||
SC | 2882 | $5.00 | 06 Feb 93 | Mythologic. Dragon Turtle | Huge male figure seated on ground, holding dragon-turtle aloft in right hand. | Figure represents Pan Gu, creator of the universe in Chinese mythology. | ||||||||
SC | 2923 | NT$19 | 29 Sep 93 | Mythological Tortoise | Mythological creature w/ a dragon's head and a turtle's shell. | Reported to be a "Lucky Black Tortoise". | ||||||||
SC | 2973 | NT$10 | 15 Sep 94 | Unidentified Turtle | Fushijy drawing various animals, including a turtle. | From Chinese myth. | ||||||||
SC | 2975 | NT$15 | 15 Sep 94 | Unidentified Turtle | Tsangjer inventing characters for Chinese writing, including a turtle. | From Chinese myth. | ||||||||
SC | 3033 | 5.00 | 10 Nov 95 | Chelonia mydas | Two turtles swimming underwater. | Pane has four turtles on selvedge in addition to turtles on stamps. | ||||||||
SC | 3034 | 5.00 | 10 Nov 95 | Caretta caretta | Single turtle. | Pane has four turtles on selvedge in addition to turtle on stamps. | ||||||||
SC | 3035 | 5.00 | 10 Nov 95 | Lepidochelys olivacea | Single turtle. | Pane has four turtles on selvedge in addition to turtle on stamps. | ||||||||
SC | 3036 | 5.00 | 10 Nov 95 | Eretmochelys imbricata | Single turtle. | Pane has four turtles on selvedge in addition to turtle on stamps. | ||||||||
SC | 3195 | $5.00 | 25 Sep 98 | Unidentified Sea Turtle | From Chinese fable "A Frog in a Well". | Turtle is somewhat stylized. | ||||||||
SC | 3723 | $12 | 17 Jan 07 | Turtle Shell Object | Fingernail guard from the Ching Dynasty, made of tortoiseshell from the hawksbill turtle and inlaid w/ jewels. | Issued by the Chunghwa Post Co., Ltd., a legitimate private post w/ over 1300 post offices throughout Taiwan. It was formerly a government agency that became privatized. | ||||||||
SC | 3803 | NT$5 | 03 Apr 08 | Cartoon Sea Turtles | S/S of three circular and two rectangular stamps, all depicting cartoon sea creatures. Three turtles on one. | An additional cartoon sea turtle in border of sheet. | ||||||||
SC | 3803 | a | NT$5 | 03 Apr 08 | Cartoon Sea Turtles | Individual circular stamp from Scott China (Taiwan) #3803. | Turtles are from movie "Finding Nemo". | |||||||
SC | 3804 | NT$5 | 03 Apr 08 | Cartoon Sea Turtle | S/S of five circular stamps, all depicting cartoon sea creatures. Young sea turtle on one stamp. | Turtle is named "Squirt" and is from the movie "Finding Nemo". | ||||||||
SC | 3804 | b | NT$5 | 03 Apr 08 | Cartoon Sea Turtle | Single circular stamp from Scott China (Taiwan) #3804. | Turtle is named "Squirt" and is from the movie "Finding Nemo". | |||||||
SC | 4005 | NT$12 | 21 Jul 11 | Mythical Turtle | People and a horse crossing a river on the back of a giant white turtle. | From classic Chinese novel "Journey to the West". | ||||||||
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