| Catalog # | Denom. | Date | Turtle | Description | Comment | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SC | 867 | C | 10c | 1996-98 | Geometric Tortoise | Single stamp w/ tortoise from Scott South Africa 867p. | ||||||||
| SC | 867 | p | Various | 01 Aug 96 | Psammobates geometricus | This strip of five se-tenant stamps plus a label was formerly listed by Scott as 858a, which was deleted in SSM of Dec 99 (pg.81). Stamps in this strip are inscribed "1993" but the Readers Digest label (in either green or orange) is inscribed "1996-11-11". | Inscription on tortoise stamp is "Geometric Tortoise" rather than "Psammobates geometricus" which is inscribed on Scott South Africa 849, 853, 854b and 854c. | |||||||
| SC | 1145 | *** | 04 Oct 99 | Caretta caretta | Single stamp w/ turtle from Scott South Africa 1149a. | *** Stamp inscribed "Standard Postage" but no value is shown. At the time of issue, standard postage was R1.20. | ||||||||
| SC | 1149 | a | *** | 04 Oct 99 | Caretta caretta | Sheetlet of ten stamps w/ turtle on one. Sheet inscribed "Migratory Species of Southern Africa". Also available as a booklet containing two #1149a, plus two postal cards bound into the booklet. Booklet is footnoted by Scott but no separate number is assigned. | *** Each stamp inscribed "Standard Postage" but no value is shown. At time of issue, standard postage was R1.20. Sheet inscribed "1999 08 26" but actual issue date was 4 Oct 99. | |||||||
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