PORTUGAL (MADEIRA)

sample stamp


Catalog # Denom.      Date      Turtle      Description      Comment

SC 258 0.45e 17 Apr 07 Caretta caretta Large turtle's head in lower right corner of stamp, small black-and-white drawing of swimming turtle in upper left corner of stamp. Inscribed "Tartaruga boba -- Caretta caretta". "Madeira" in small print below the word Portugal.

SC 260 a Various 17 Apr 07 Caretta caretta Booklet containing fourteen different stamps, one of which is Portugal (Madeira) #258. Cover of booklet depicts red flowers and is inscribed "Madeira" and "2007". The Scott number (260a) refers to the specific pane (page) in the booklet that has the turtle, not the entire booklet.

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