DAGESTAN (DAGHESTAN)

Dagestan is an autonomous republic of Russia on the Caspian Sea. 		sample stamp


Catalog # Denom.      Date      Turtle      Description      Comment
Various Terrapene ornata Horiz. strip of three, each depicting a different species of large cat (mountain lions, cheetahs, jaguars). Turtle on stamp w/ mountain lions.
1000 Terrapene ornata Adult mountain lion and two kits that are playing w/ a turtle in foreground. Single stamp w/ turtle from strip of three.
CTC 55 950 08 Feb 97 Geochelone elegans Photograph of adult. From CTC Dagestan 55-58. WWF symbol in lower left corner.
CTC 55 -58 Various 08 Feb 97 Four Species of Turtles Imperf. sheet of four stamps, each w/ a different species of turtle. WWF symbol in lower left corner.
CTC 56 1300 08 Feb 97 Kinixys erosa Photograph of adult. From CTC Dagestan 55-58. WWF symbol in lower left corner.
CTC 57 2500 08 Feb 97 Terrapene carolina Photograph of adult. From CTC Dagestan 55-58. WWF symbol in lower left corner.
CTC 58 3000 08 Feb 97 Heosemys grandis Photograph of adult. From CTC Dagestan 55-58. WWF symbol in lower left corner.
CTC 190 -198 Various 01 Feb 98 Five Freshwater Turtles Perf. Cinderella sheet of nine stamps forming an underwater and above-water panorama in a freshwater swamp. Painting depicts scores of mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians, and is identical to the painting on a Cinderella from Somalia.
CTC 193 300 01 Feb 98 Unidentified Turtle Small freshwater turtle basking on stump. Part of turtle is in selvedge of sheet. Stamp is from CTC Dagestan 190-198.
CTC 194 500 01 Feb 98 Unidentified Turtle Small freshwater turtle, completely underwater. From CTC Dagestan 190-198.
CTC 195 750 01 Feb 98 Two Unidentif. Turtles Small turtle, partially out of water on lily pad, and large turtle floating, partially submerged, at surface. Large turtle looks very much like Chelydra serpentina. Fron CTC Dagestan 190-198.
CTC 196 800 01 Feb 98 Unidentified Turtle Large turtle, which looks very much like a tortoise, but it is submerged, walking on the bottom. From CTC Dagestan 190-198.

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