PITCAIRN ISLANDS
PITCAIRN ISLANDS |
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| Catalog # | Denom. | Date | Turtle | Description | Comment | |||||||||
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| 9c & 20c | 10 Aug 86 | Chelonia mydas | Privately produced booklet containing four Scott Pitcairn #266 and four Scott Pitcairn #267. One additional #266 affixed to back cover of booklet and cancelled w/ Pitcairn postmark. | Issued to "Preserve and Promote" the Pitcairn Bicentennial. Front cover inscribed "Help Preserve Pitcairn". | ||||||||||
| SC | 194 | 9c | 29 Sep 80 | Carved Wooden Turtles | ||||||||||
| SC | 266 | 9c | 12 Feb 85 | Chelonia mydas | ||||||||||
| SC | 267 | 20c | 12 Feb 85 | Chelonia mydas | ||||||||||
| SC | 268 | 70c | 12 Feb 85 | Eretmochelys imbricata | ||||||||||
| SC | 269 | $1.20 | 12 Feb 85 | Eretmochelys imbricata | ||||||||||
| SC | 511 | Various | 14 Jan 00 | Geochelone elephantopus | Strip of four se-tenant stamps w/ a label in the center of the strip. The tortoise is depicted on three of the stamps but not on the label. | The tortoise depicted is "Mr. Turpen", one of five Galapagos Tortoises brought to Pitcairn by Irving Johnson, skipper of the Brigantine, "Yankee", between 1937 and 1951. | ||||||||
| SC | 511 | a | 5c | 14 Jan 00 | Geochelone elephantopus | Single stamp from se-tenant strip of four. Tortoise is not visible. | Depicts rowboat bringing tortoise to shore from brigantine "Yankee", which apprears in background. | |||||||
| SC | 511 | b | 20c | 14 Jan 00 | Geochelone elephantopus | Single stamp from se-tenant strip of four. | Tortoise being unloaded from rowboat onto beach. | |||||||
| SC | 511 | c | 35c | 14 Jan 00 | Geochelone elephantopus | Single stamp from se-tenant strip of four. | Tortoise on land, facing left. | |||||||
| SC | 511 | d | $5.00 | 14 Jan 00 | Geochelone elephantopus | Single stamp from se-tenant strip of four. | Close-up of tortoise's head. | |||||||
| SC | 547 | Various | 11 Oct 01 | Unidentified Sea Turtle | Horiz. strip of four stamps plus one label. Label inscribed "The Art of Pitcairn - Woodcarving". | Small silouettes of sea turtles in selvedge of some strips in addition to sea turtle on one stamp. | ||||||||
| SC | 547 | d | $3.00 | 11 Oct 01 | Unidentified Sea Turtle | Single stamp w/ turtle from strip of four. Turtle in water next to open boat, w/ large ship in background. | This may represent a carved wooden turtle. | |||||||
| SC | 636 | $2.00 | 15 Feb 06 | Unidentified Sea Turtles | Beach scene in color w/ black-and-white line drawings of three sea turtles superimposed on scene. Stamp is inscribed "Henderson Island". | NOTE: All six stamps in this set (Scott 631-636) exist as gutter pairs w/ two small sea turtles in the gutter between the stamps. | ||||||||
| SC | 644 | Various | 30 Aug 06 | Unidentified Sea Turtle | S/S of four stamps depicting cave dwellers of Henderson Island. | Sea turtle on beach spans two of the stamps. | ||||||||
| SC | 644 | a | 60c | 30 Aug 06 | Unidentified Sea Turtle | Individual stamp from Scott Pitcairn #644 containing posterior portion of turtle. | ||||||||
| SC | 644 | b | $1.20 | 30 Aug 06 | Unidentified Sea TUrtle | Individual stamp from Scott Pitcairn #644 containing anterior portion of turtle. | ||||||||
| SC | 681 | Various | 03 Dec 08 | Chelonia mydas | Sheet of four se-tenant stamps w/ various views of green turtles in water and on beach. | Inscribed "Green Turtles of Henderson Island" and "UNESCO World Heritage Site". | ||||||||
| SC | 681 | a | 60c | 03 Dec 08 | Chelonia mydas | Anterior half of turtle swimming underwater. | Vertical stamp. | |||||||
| SC | 681 | b | $1.00 | 03 Dec 08 | Chelonia mydas | Dorsal view of turtle swimming underwater, to right and slightly away from viewer. | Denomination incorrectly listed as $2 in Linn's Stamp News dated 5 January 09 (page 46). Stamp is horizontal. | |||||||
| SC | 681 | c | $2.00 | 03 Dec 08 | Chelonia mydas | Turtle emerging from surf onto beach. | Stamp is horizontal. | |||||||
| SC | 681 | d | $2.50 | 03 Dec 08 | Chelonia mydas | Four hatchlings crossing beach toward the sea. | Stamp is vertical. | |||||||
| SC | 687 | $1.50 | 24 Jun 09 | Geochelone elephantopus | Portrait of Charles Darwin in center of stamp w/ head of tortoise on left and iguana on right. Darwin's signature at top. | Issued for Darwin's 200th birth anniversary. | ||||||||
| SC | 697 | 60c | 24 Feb 10 | The Word "Tortoise". | One stamp from children's art set of six stamps. It contains the words "Galapagos Tortoise" but there is no picture of a chelonian on the stamp. | Artwork by Torika Warren-Peu, age 6. | ||||||||
| SC | 732 | Various | 21 Feb 12 | Unidentified Sea Turtle | S/S of three stamps, each showing a piece of tapa cloth. Sheet margin shows woman making tapa cloth. One of the stamps shows a finished piece of tapa cloth w/ a sea turtle in the design. | Sheet margin inscribed "The Art of Pitcairn Part - IV - TAPA" | ||||||||
| SC | 732 | a | $1.80 | 21 Feb 12 | Unidentified Sea Turtle | Individual stamp w/ sea turtle and longboat design on tapa cloth from Scott Pitcairn Islands #732. | ||||||||
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