VANUATU

sample stamp


Catalog # Denom.      Date      Turtle      Description      Comment
100f 28 Sep 11 Unidentified Sea Turtles Beach scene at Champagne Beach w/ line drawings of turtle hatchlings superimposed on scene in lower right corner. Stamp inscribed "We bring the beach to you, now you come to us".
SC 538 80v 02 May 91 Carved Wooden Turtle
SC 577 55v 15 Dec 92 Dermochelys coriacea
SC 578 65v 15 Dec 92 Caretta caretta
SC 579 70v 15 Dec 92 Eretmochelys imbricata
SC 580 80v 15 Dec 92 Chelonia mydas
SC 581 200v 15 Dec 92 Chelonia mydas s/s w/ Chelonia mydas hatchlings.
SC 735 a Various 19 Mar 99 Unidentified Sea Turtle Small turtle in selvedge of "Explorers" s/s. Similar to Scott Vanuatu #737a. Issued for Australia '99 World Stamp Expo.
SC 737 a Various 02 Jul 99 Unidentified Sea Turtle "Explorers" s/s similar to Scott Vanuatu 735a, but w/ different stamps. Small turtle in selvedge. Issued for PhilexFrance "99. This stamp was formerly listed by Scott as #734b.
SC 792 B 110v 28 Nov 01 Stylized Sea Turtle Sand drawing of sea turtle and man standing in canoe. Formerly listed by Scott as #792c.
SC 792 Cd Various 28 Nov 01 Stylized Sea Turtle Horizontal strip of four stamps plus one central label. All stamps depict sand drawings. Sand drawing of sea turtle on one stamp only. Strip formerly listed by Scott as #792.
SC 798 Various 30 Jan 02 Unidentified Sea Turtles Sheet of five stamps (three horiz. & two vert.) w/ boy feeding young turtles in lower right selvedge. No turtles on stamps. Inscribed "Eco-Tourism Vanuatu". U.N. Year of Eco-Tourism emblem in upper left selvedge.
SC 834 80v 23 Jul 03 Carved Sea Turtle Thatching w/ leaves of Natanggura palm (Metroxxylon warburgii) plus small carved turtle in lower corner of stamp. Linn's Stamp News (21 July 2003, pg. 58) states that the turtle is woven but it is actually carved from the nut of the Natanggura palm.
SC 862 35v 24 Nov 04 Chelonia mydas Pane of twelve se-tenant 35v stamps, all depicting sea life. Inscribed "Underwater Paradise".
SC 862 d 35v 24 Nov 04 Chelonia mydas Photo of adult swimming to left, over coral. Single stamp w/ turtle from Scott Vanuatu #862.
SC 868 Various 02 Mar 05 Dermochelys coriacea S/S of four se-tenant stamps w/ continuous design of Lapita People on beach. Turtle spans two of the stamps (a & b).
SC 868 a 50v 02 Mar 05 Dermochelys coriacea Body of turtle on beach, facing right. From Scott Vanuatu #868.
SC 868 b 70v 02 Mar 05 Dermochelys coriacea Head of turtle, facing right. From Scott Vanuatu #868.
SC 978 200v 02 Sep 09 Geochelone elephantopus Triptych of two stamps and a central label w/ two tortoises on one stamp and a tortoise on the central label. Issued for 200th birth anniversary of Charles Darwin.
SC 978 a 200v 02 Sep 09 Geochelone elephantopus Single stamp w/ two tortoises from Scott Vanuatu #987. Issued for 200th birth anniversary of Charles Darwin.
SC 1002 100 26 Jan 11 C. mydas & E. imbricata Strip of four stamps plus one central label. Chelonia mydas on two stamps and Eretmochelys imbricata on two stamps. Hatchling sea turtles on label. Each stamp w/ a blue vertical strip along one margin that is inscribed "International Post". Strip formerly listed on this site as MI 1438 var.
SC 1002 a 100 26 Jan 11 Chelonia mydas Anterior half of turtle facing right. Another small turtle in upper right corner. Blue vertical strip on left margin of stamp inscribed "International Post". Stamp formerly listed on this site as MI 1435.
SC 1002 b 100 26 Jan 11 Chelonia mydas One individual swimming left plus another small turtle in upper right corner of stamp. Blue vertical strip on right margin of stamp inscribed "International Post". Stamp formerly listed on this site as MI #1436.
SC 1002 c 100 26 Jan 11 Eretmochelys imbricata One individual swimming right. Blue vertical strip on left margin of stamp inscribed "International Post". Stamp formerly listed on this site as MI 1437.
SC 1002 d 100 26 Jan 11 Eretmochelys imbricata Anterior half of one individual swimming left plus smaller individual near upper margin. Blue vertical strip on right margin of stamp inscribed "International Post". Stamp formerly listed on this site as MI 1438.

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