| Catalog # | Denom. | Date | Turtle | Description | Comment | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Various | 05 Jun 03 | Unidentified Tortoise | Sheet of twelve stamps depicting animals and plants. Tortoise on one. | Lower selvedge of sheet and each stamp inscribed "World Environment Day 2003". | ||||||||||
| 250 fils | 2003 | Unidentified Tortoise | Single stamp w/ tortoise from World Environment Day sheet. | Large tortoise facing camera. | ||||||||||
| Catalog # | Denom. | Date | Turtle | Description | Comment | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 | 2003 | Unidentified Freshwater | Mini-sheet of one stamp. Large spider on stamp. Turtle, egrets and dragonflies in border of sheet. | No turtle on stamp. | ||||||||||
| Catalog # | Denom. | Date | Turtle | Description | Comment | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C$12.00 | 2002 | Unidentified Chelonian | S/S w/ one stamp/. Sheet shows native people watching European ships appear on horizon. Small turtle on stamp. | Inscribed 1502/2002. Issued for 500th Anniv. of Colombus' arrival. | ||||||||||
| SC | 2278 | C$6.00 | 01 Jun 99 | Archelon | Sheet of six stamps w/ Archelon in right margin. | One stamp on this sheet (#2278f) depicts a Placochelys, which looks superficially like a turtle but is not related to turtles. | ||||||||
| Catalog # | Denom. | Date | Turtle | Description | Comment | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SC | 689 | 60c | 26 Apr 02 | Chelonia mydas | U.N. Year of Eco-Tourism sheet of six 60c values. | Turtle on one stamp and extending into selvedge. | ||||||||
| SC | 689 | e | 60c | 26 Apr 02 | Chelonia mydas | Single stamp w/ turtle from Scott Palau #689. | ||||||||
| Catalog # | Denom. | Date | Turtle | Description | Comment | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SC | 2792 | 5p | 24 Jun 02 | Unidentified Sea Turtle | Sheet of four stamps w/ sea turtle on one. | Issued for "Coastal Resources Conservation". | ||||||||
| SC | 2792 | c | 5p | 24 Jun 02 | Unidentified Sea Turtles | Two SCUBA divers, sea turtle and fish. | Issued for "Coastal Resources Conservation". | |||||||
| Catalog # | Denom. | Date | Turtle | Description | Comment | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.20z | Unknown | Emys orbicularis | Postal card w/ stamp printed directly on it. Stamp has photograph of head and anterior part of carapace. | Card inscribed "Poleski Park Narodowy" and has photograph of turtle on land. | ||||||||||
| Catalog # | Denom. | Date | Turtle | Description | Comment | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SC | 1033 | 25s | 19 Mar 03 | Stylized Sea Turtles | Six highly stylized sea turtles. Three in main design plus three tiny silhouettes in strip along bottom of stamp. | Inscribed "Marine Protected Area". | ||||||||
| Catalog # | Denom. | Date | Turtle | Description | Comment | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SC | 2557 | 1500le | 26 Aug 02 | Pokemon Character | Sheet of six 1500le stamps w/ Pokemon character "Shuckle" on one. This character looks vaguely like a turtle. | |||||||||
| SC | 2557 | c | 1500le | 26 Aug 02 | Pokemon Character | Single stamp w/ turtle character called "Shuckle" from Scott Sierra Leone #2557. | ||||||||
| Catalog # | Denom. | Date | Turtle | Description | Comment | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80v | 23 Jul 03 | Unidentified Sea Turtle | Thatching w/ leaves of Natanggura palm (Metroxxylon warburgii). Small turtle in lower corner of stamp. | Linn's Stamp News (21 July 2003, pg. 58) states that the turtle is woven but it is more likely carved from the nut of the Natanggura palm. | ||||||||||
| Catalog # | Denom. | Date | Turtle | Description | Comment | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SC | 3143 | 800d | 15 Jul 02 | Pelochelys bibroni | Adult facing right. | |||||||||
| SC | 3144 | 2000d | 15 Jul 02 | Pelodiscus sinensis | Adult facing left. | |||||||||
| SC | 3145 | 5000d | 15 Jul 02 | Palea steindachneri | Adult facing right w/ head elevated and mouth open. | |||||||||
| SC | 3146 | 9000d | 15 Jul 02 | Trionyx cartilagineus | Three-quarter view of adult facing front/left. | |||||||||
| SC | 3146 | a | Various | 15 Jul 02 | Four Softshell Species | S/S containing two each of Scott Viet Nam #3143-3146. Two additional turtles in lower margin of sheet. | Lower margin of sheet inscribed "Rua mai mem". | |||||||
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