| Catalog # | Denom. | Date | Turtle | Description | Comment | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SC | 511 | Various | 14 Jan 00 | Geochelone elephantopus | Strip of four se-tenant stamps w/ a label in the center of the strip. The tortoise is depicted on three of the stamps but not on the label. | The tortoise depicted is "Mr. Turpen", one of five Galapagos Tortoises brought to Pitcairn by Irving Johnson, skipper of the Brigantine, "Yankee", between 1937 and 1951. | ||||||||
| SC | 511 | a | 5c | 14 Jan 00 | Geochelone elephantopus | Single stamp from se-tenant strip of four. Tortoise is not visible. | Depicts rowboat bringing tortoise to shore from brigantine "Yankee", which apprears in background. | |||||||
| SC | 511 | b | 20c | 14 Jan 00 | Geochelone elephantopus | Single stamp from se-tenant strip of four. | Tortoise being unloaded from rowboat onto beach. | |||||||
| SC | 511 | c | 35c | 14 Jan 00 | Geochelone elephantopus | Single stamp from se-tenant strip of four. | Tortoise on land, facing left. | |||||||
| SC | 511 | d | $5.00 | 14 Jan 00 | Geochelone elephantopus | Single stamp from se-tenant strip of four. | Close-up of tortoise's head. | |||||||
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