MEXICO


Catalog # Denom.      Date      Turtle      Description      Comment

SC C 188 20c 22 Sep 50 Turtle Shell Instrument People playing "Ayotls", musical instruments made from turtle shells. The instruments are identified as Ayotls in the Michel catalog, but they are not recognizable as turtle shells from the image on the stamp. Perf 10.5 X 10. Watermark 279. See also Mexico Scott C220, C220k, C285, and C347.

SC C 220 20c 1960 Turtle Shell Instrument People playing "Ayotls", musical instruments made from turtle shells. The instruments are identified as Ayotls in the Michel catalog, but they are not recognizable as turtle shells from the image on the stamp. Perf. 11. Watermark 300-Vert. See also Scott Mexico C188, C220k, C285 and C347.

SC C 220 k 20c 1957 Turtle Shell Instrument People playing "Ayotls", musical instruments made from turtle shells. The instruments are identified as Ayotls in the Michel catalog, but they are not recognizable as turtle shells from the image on the stamp. Perf 11.5 X 11. Watermark 300-Vert. See also Scott Mexico C188, C220, C285 and C347.

SC C 285 20c 1971 Turtle Shell Instrument People playing "Ayotls", musical instruments made from turtle shells. The instruments are identified as Ayotls in the Michel catalog, but they are not recognizable as turtle shells from the image on the stamp. Perf 11. Watermark 350. See also Scott Mexico C188, C220, C220k and C347.

SC C 347 20c 1969 Turtle Shell Instrument People playing "Ayotls", musical instruments made from turtle shells. The instruments are identified as Ayotls in the Michel catalog, but they are not recognizable as turtle shells from the image on the stamp. Perf 11 Vert (coil). Watermark 300-Vert. Imprinted "T.I.E.V." See also Scott Mexico C188, C220, C220k and C285.

SC C 380 80c 24 Apr 71 Stylized Turtle Two Mayan warriors from the Dresden Codex. One has a turtle decoration on his headdress. Turtle is very tiny and appears in head-on view. It is on the front of the headdress of the warrior on the left.

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