TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS

sample stamp


Catalog # Denom.      Date      Turtle      Description      Comment

SC 98 2sh 14 Dec 48 Unidentified Sea Turtles Two tiny turtles near bottom.

SC 99 5sh 14 Dec 48 Unidentified Sea Turtles Two tiny turtles near bottom.

SC 100 10sh 14 Dec 48 Unidentified Sea Turtles Two tiny turtles near bottom.

SC 381 20c 17 May 79 Chelonia mydas Date also reported as 29 May 79.

SC 385 $2 17 May 79 Unidentified Sea Turtle s/s w/ turtle in margin. Date also reported as 29 May 79.

SC 402 2c 02 Nov 79 Cartoon Sea Turtle Walt Disney's Goofy wearing cowboy boots and hat, riding a sea turtle underwater.

SC 1120 50c 23 Jan 95 Archelon sp. Pane of 12 se-tenant stamps forming a unified design. Archelon appears on one, and Henodus, a turtle look-alike, appears on another (See Appendix III). Issued for PhilaKorea 94. Archelon was a huge, prehistoric sea turtle.

SC 1120 d 50c 1995 Archelon sp. Single stamp w/ Archelon from Turks and Caicios Scott 1120. Issued for PhilaKorea 94. Archelon was a huge, prehistoric sea turtle.

SC 1194 60c 13 May 96 Ship: "Land Tortoise" Discovery of the sunken ship "Land Tortoise", scuttled in 1758 in Lake George, NY. Sheet of nine stamps; "Land Tortoise" on one stamp only.

SC 1194 h 60c 13 May 96 Ship: Land Tortoise Discovery of the sunken ship "Land Tortoise", scuttled in 1758 in Lake George, NY. Single stamp from Scott Turks & Caicos 1194.

SC 1334 50c 21 May 01 Unidentified Sea Turtle Pane 1 of two panes of six se-tenant 50c stamps each, issued this date, all depicting whales. This pane has a juvenile sea turtle overlapping two of the stamps and the bottom selvedge. Stamp in "e" position has turtle's head, stamp in "f" position has carapace.

SC 1334 e 50c 21 May 01 Unidentified Sea Turtle Head of juvenile turtle on one stamp from Scott Turks & Caicos #1334.

SC 1334 f 50c 21 May 01 Unidentified Sea Turtle Carapace of juvenile turtle on one stamp from Scott Turks & Caicos #1334.

SC 1372 60c 15 Jul 02 Chelonia mydas Year of Eco-Tourism sheet of six 60c values. Turtle on one stamp only.

SC 1372 f 60c 15 Jul 02 Chelonia mydas Single stamp w/ turtle from Scott Turks and Caicos #1372.

SC 1449 60c 01 Jun 06 Chelonia mydas Photo of sea turtle on stamp from set of five. Inscribed "3rd Place - Mr. Mike Nebel - Sea Turtle". Similar to Scott Turks and Caicos #1452c but w/ a thin "shadow" frame at bottom of stamp.

SC 1452 Various 01 Jun 06 Chelonia mydas S/S of five stamps w/ turtle on one. Images from underwater photography contest. Upper selvedge inscribed "Underwater World" in large blue letters.

SC 1452 c 60c 01 Jun 06 Chelonia mydas Single stamp w/ turtle from Scott Turks and Caicos #1452. Stamp inscribed "3rd Place - Mr. Mike Nebel, 'Sea Turtle'. Similar to Scott Turks and Caicos #1449 but w/ thick "shadow" frame at bottom of stamp.

SG SB 5 20c 01 Dec 81 Unidentified Sea Turtle Booklet of twenty 20c stamps (two each of SC 506 a thru j) w/ various objects on the booklet cover, including a sea turtle. No turtles on stamps inside booklet.

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