SAMOA

sample stamp


Catalog # Denom.      Date      Turtle      Description      Comment

SC 378 A $2 18 Jun 73 Chelonia mydas

SC 470 24s 14 Apr 78 Sea Turtle Hatchery No turtles on the stamp.

SC 471 $1 14 Apr 78 Eretmochelys imbricata

SC 895 70 sene 24 Aug 95 Dermochelys coriacea Close-up of head plus line drawing of another sea turtle. Issued for Year of the Sea Turtle.

SC 896 90 sene 24 Aug 95 Caretta caretta Close-up of head plus line drawing of another sea turtle. Issued for Year of the Sea Turtle.

SC 897 $1 24 Aug 95 Chelonia mydas Close-up of anterior 3/4 of body plus line drawing of another sea turtle. Issued for Year of the Sea Turtle.

SC 898 $4 24 Aug 95 Lepidochelys olivacea Close-up of anterior half of body plus line drawing of another sea turtle. Issued for Year of the Sea Turtle.

SC 1033 25s 19 Mar 03 Stylized Sea Turtles Six highly stylized sea turtles. Three in main design plus three tiny silhouettes in strip along bottom of stamp. Inscribed "Marine Protected Area".

SC 1073 90s 28 Sep 05 Stylized Sea Turtles Dorsal view of two highly stylized sea turtles. From Samoan legend: "Fonuea and Salofa escape famine".

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