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Catalog # Denom.      Date      Turtle      Description      Comment

5re 03 Oct 10 Cartoon Tortoise An elongate stamp w/ three separate scenes from the children's story "How the Tortoise Flew". There is a tortoise in each of the three scenes. This is part three of a series concerned with children's stories. The stamp is inscribed "2009" despite the reported issue date of 3 Oct 2010.

SC 1639 5.00 09 Dec 07 Cartoon Tortoise Strip of three stamps depicting different scenes from "The Tortoise and the Hare". Different color bars at the top and bottom of each stamp.

SC 1639 a 5.00 09 Dec 07 Cartoon Tortoise Tortoise and Hare talking. Hare pointing to viewer's left. Yellow-green color bars at top and bottom of stamp.

SC 1639 b 5.00 09 Dec 07 Cartoon Tortoise Hare sleeping while tortoise walks along path. Pink color bars at top and bottom of stamp.

SC 1639 c 5.00 09 Dec 07 Cartoon Tortoise Hare leaping toward finish line while tortoise awaits him, having already won. Greenish-blue color bars at top and bottom of stamp.

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