ZAMBIA

sample stamp


Catalog # Denom.      Date      Turtle      Description      Comment
Various 10 Nov 00 Unidentified Tortoises Sheet of three identical strips of three different stamps each. One stamp in each strip depicts three tortoises and several humans. Sheet inscribed "African Legends of Creation". Turtle stamp represents the legend "Why the Stones Do Not Die". Scott footnotes this sheet but does not assign a number to it.
900k 2008? Chelonia mydas S/S of one stamp w/ turtle underwater, facing left. Anterior portion of turtle is on stamp, posterior portion on sheet margin. This is probably a Cinderella.
SC 198 42n 21 Sep 79 Cartoon Tortoise Tortoise riding on back of eagle. Illustration of children's story: "How the Tortoise Got Its Shell".
SC 199 a 42n 21 Sep 79 Cartoon Tortoise s/s containing Scott Zambia #198.
SC 311 a N/A 05 Sep 84 Geochelone pardalis s/s w/ tortoise in border of sheet. No turtles on the stamps.
SC 662 500k 12 Feb 97 Chelonia mydas Endangered Species of the World sheet of six 500k value stamps. Turtle is on one stamp and in margin of sheet.
SC 662 e 500k 12 Feb 97 Chelonia mydas Single stamp w/ turtle from Scott Zambia #662. Due to a typographical error in Scott Stamp Monthly (Vol. 15, No. 7, pg. 116) this stamp was formerly listed as 662d.
SC 816 50k 27 Oct 99 Dermochelys coriacea Adult swimming upward and to right. Available in mini panes of four identical stamps.
SC 827 700k 27 Oct 99 Eretmochelys imbricata One of two panes of twelve 770k values issued this date. Turtle mostly on one stamp but extends slightly onto two adjacent stamps.
SC 827 g 700k 27 Oct 99 Eretmochelys imbricata Single stamp w/ turtle from Scott Zambia 827. Emerging from water onto beach.
SC 828 700k 27 Oct 99 Malaclemys terrapin One of two panes of twelve 700k values issued this date. Turtle on one stamp only. Swimming underwater.
SC 828 l 700k 27 Oct 99 Malaclemys terrapin Single stamp w/ turtle from Scott Zambia 828. Swimming underwater.
SC 905 1400k 10 Nov 00 Unidentified Tortoises Single stamp from set of three. Represents the African legend "Why the Stones Don't Die". Identical to Scott Zambia #906b except that 906b has a dark brown selvedge and this one does not.
SC 906 1400k 10 Nov 00 Unidentified Tortoises Se-tenent strip of three w/ tortoises on one. Strip represents "African Legends of Creation".
SC 906 b 1400k 10 Nov 00 Unidentified Tortoises Single stamp w/ tortoises from Scott Zambia #906. Identical to Scott Zambia #905 except that this stamp has a dark brown selvedge and #905 does not. Represents an African legend: "Why the Stones Do Not Die". This stamp is in the "b" or middle position in the strip of three, but it is the high denomination, which would normally be in the "c" position.
SC 1106 1500k 22 Jul 08 Unidentified Tortoises This is Scott Zambia #905 o/p'd "K1500" in black at top center of stamp. Original denomination of 1400k in bottom left corner of stamp is obliterated w/ a large, black X on some specimens but the X is well above the denomination in other specimens and the denomination is not obliterated.

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