ST. HELENA

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Catalog # Denom.      Date      Turtle      Description      Comment

25p 2006 Giant Tortoise S/S consisting of two verical columns of four stamps each. Stamps in the left column depict Charles Darwin and those in the right column depict a wirebird. There is a large tortoise in the left margin of the sheet but no turtles on the stamps. Any horiz. pair from the two columns is assigned #911 by Scott but they have not yet listed the s/s or assigned a number to it. Issued for the 170th anniv. of Darwin's visit to St. Helena.

SC 368 7p 19 Apr 82 Unidentified Sea Turtle Tiny silhouette of turtle.

SC 369 14p 19 Apr 82 Unidentified Sea Turtle Tiny silhouette of turtle.

SC 370 25p 19 Apr 82 Unidentified Sea Turtle Tiny silhouette of turtle.

SC 371 29p 19 Apr 82 Unidentified Sea Turtle Tiny silhouette of turtle.

SC 819 25p 08 Apr 03 Geochelone gigantea Pane of twelve 25p stamps plus four non-denominated labels promoting tourism. Tortoise on one stamp only. Stamp inscribed "Plantation House". The tortoise depicted is almost certainly "Jonathan" the famous tortoise of St. Helena Island.

SC 819 a 25p 08 Apr 03 Geochelone gigantea Plantation house, people w/ tortoise, coat-of-arms. Single stamp w/ tortoise from Scott St. Helena #819. The tortoise depicted is almost certainly "Jonathan" the famous tortoise of St. Helena Island.

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