MAURITIUS

sample stamp


Catalog # Denom.      Date      Turtle      Description      Comment
SC 445 15c 12 Mar 78 Unidentified Turtle Tiny turtles in a painting.
SC 447 25c 12 Mar 78 Geochelone vosmaeri Turtle in painting by artist/explorer Francois Leguat. This species became extinct within man's memory. This stamp was reprinted and inscribed "1985", but Scott does not list the reprint separately because it is their policy not to list stamps separately if the only difference is a date inscription.
SC 447 a 25c 11 Jan 87 Geochelone vosmaeri Re-issue of Scott Mauritius #447, inscribed "1987", and having different perfs and watermark. This species became extinct within man's memory. This stamp is listed separately by Scott because of the different perfs and watermark, not because of the date inscription.
SC 544 25c 19 Apr 82 Unidentified Turtle Small turtle on border.
SC 545 2r 19 Apr 82 Unidentified Turtle Small turtle on border.
SC 546 2.50r 19 Apr 82 Unidentified Turtle Small turtle on border.
SC 547 10r 19 Apr 82 Unidentified Turtle Small tutrle on border.
SC 743 40c 13 Dec 91 Chelonia mydas
SC 1026 25Rs 05 Jun 06 Geochelone gigantea Seven tortoises, one prominant in foreground. Inscribed "first captive breeding of giant tortoises 1881."
SC 1045 25r 25 Jun 07 Unidentified Tortoise S/S of one stamp. Stamp depicts a large dodo. Tortoise in margin of sheet under or behind a root or twig. Stamp and sheet are both inscribed "The Dodo" and "Raphus cucullatus".
SC 1069 5re 16 Jul 09 Cylindraspis peltastes One tortoise facing left. From set of four extinct species.
SC 1070 10re 16 Jul 09 Cylindraspis vosmaeri One tortoise facing directly toward viewer. From set of four extinct species.
SC 1071 15re 16 Jul 09 Cylindraspis inepta One tortoise facing left plus additional small tortoises in background. From set of four extinct species.
SC 1072 25re 16 Jul 09 Cylindraspis triserrata One tortoise facing directly toward viewer. From set of four extinct species.
SC 1073 50re 16 Jul 09 Cylindraspis peltastes S/S w/ one stamp depicting anterior portion of tortoise facing left. Margin of sheet w/ many other tortoise and a curve-billed bird. Accompanies a set of four extinct tortoise species.
SC J 14 10c 25 Oct 82 Unidentified Turtle Postage Due. This is Scott Mauritius #445 w/ the denomination blanked out and o/p in black: "POSTAGE DUE 10c". Earlier lists were in error because they had incorrect denomination shown for the o/p.

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