SOMALIA

sample stamp


Catalog # Denom.      Date      Turtle      Description      Comment
100sh 15 Dec 98 Heosemys spinosa From set of six depicting turtle, crocodile, & lizards. Identified on stamp as Geoemyda spinosa.
3000sh 2002 Seven Freshwater Turtles Cinderella s/s w/ one stamp. Background picture on selvedge is identical to picture on Karbardino-Balkar CTC #5-13. No turtle on stamp, which depicts mushrooms, butterfly, orchid and scout emblem.
3000sh 2002 Five Freshwater Turtles Cinderella s/s w/ one stamp. Background picture on selvedge is identical to picture on Dagestan CTC #190-198. No turtle on stamp, which depicts mushrooms, butterfly, orchid and scout emblem.
Various 2002 Unidentified Sea Turtle Sheet of nine stamps depicting birds, mammals, fish, reptiles and amphibians. Sea turtle on one stamp only.
300sh 2002 Unidentified Sea Turtle Photo of adult swimming away from camera. From sheet of nine.
2500 sh 2004 VariousSpecies Mini sheet of six stamps, each w/ a different turtle photo. Lion's or Rotary Club emblem on each stamp. Turtles depicted are two sea turtles and four freshwater emydids.
2500 sh 2004 Unidentified Sea Turtle Photo of anterior portion of turtle turned slightly to right. From sheet of six. Depicts Rotary Club emblem.
2500 sh 2004 Unident Freshwater Emydid Adult on land, facing left. From sheet of six. Depicts Lion's Club emblem.
2500 sh 2004 Unidentified Sea Turtle Photo of anterior portion of turtle facing slightly to left. From sheet of six. Depicts Rotary Club emblem.
2500 sh 2004 Unident Freshwater Emydid Two adults on log. From sheet of six. Depicts Lion's Club emblem.
2500 sh 2004 Chrysemys picta Adult on log, facing camera. From sheet of six. Depicts Rotary Club emblem.
2500 sh 2004 Unident Freshwater Emydid Two adults on log. From sheet of six. Depicts Lion's Club emblem.
100ShSo Unknown Eretmochelys imbricata Cinderella stamp w/ the identical image as the Eretmochelys imbricata stamp on the twenty-stamp sheet from Ste. Marie Island. Inscribed "Young Hawksbill Turtle".
100ShSo Unknown Chelonia mydas Cinderella stamp w/ the identical image as the Chelonia mydas stamp on the twenty-stamp sheet from Ste. Marie Island. Inscribed "Green Sea Turtle".
2500SoSh 2003 Archelon sp. S/S of nine stamps, each w/ a prehistoric animal. Turtle on one. Selvedge of sheet w/ two prehistoric humans. Upper selvedge inscribed "Prehistoric Animals".
2500SoSh 2003 Archelon sp. Individual stamp w/ Archelon from sheet of nine. Turtle swimming to left at water's surface. Stamp inscribed in English and Arabic. "2003" inscribed on stamp is sole source of date for this issue.
Various Unknown Two Species Cinderella sheetlet of two stamps depicting Eretmochelys imbricata and Rhinoclemmys funerea. Border of sheet depicts three blue flags w/ a white star in the center of each plus three coats-of-arms, plus a green bar bearing the word "turtles". One of the stamps on this sheet is the only philatelic example of Rhinoclemmys funerea, the Black Wood Turtle.
100sh Unknown Eretmochelys imbricata One individual swimming three-quarters left underwater. From Cinderella sheetlet of two stamps.
200sh Unknown Rhinoclemmys funerea One individual on land w/ head and neck stretched straight upward. From Cinderella sheetlet of two stamps. This stamp is the only philatelic example of Rhinoclemmys funerea, the Black Wood Turtle.

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