| Catalog # | Denom. | Date | Turtle | Description | Comment | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 150cf | 2004 | Nine Species of Turtles | Sheet of four 150cf stamps w/ paintings of nine different species of tortoises and freshwater turtles. | Sheet inscribed "Les Tortues" in large letters in upper selvedge. See individual stamps for species depicted. | ||||||||||
| 150cf | 2004 | Two Species of Tortoises | (1) Geochelone pardalis in foreground, facing right (but identified on the stamp as "Testudo partalis"). (2) Geochelone carbonaria in background, facing left (but identified on stamp as "Testudo oculifera"). | Stamp from upper left ("a" position) of sheet of four. | ||||||||||
| 150cf | 2004 | Three Freswater Species | (1) Heosemys spinosa on left, facing up (but identified on stamp as "Geoemyda spinosa"). (2) Kachuga tecta in upper right, facing right (but identified on the stamp as "Kachuga tectum"). (3) Melanochelys trijuga in lower right, facing left (but identified on the stamp as "Geoemyda trijuga"). | In upper right (position "b") in sheet of four. | ||||||||||
| 150cf | 2004 | Three Freshwater Species | (1) Malaclemys terrapin in upper left, facing right (identified correctly on stamp). (2) Chrysemys picta in upper right, facing right (identified correctly on stamp). (3) Trachemys scripta ornata at bottom (but identified as "Pseudemys ornata" on stamp). | From lower left ("c" position) of sheet of four. | ||||||||||
| 150cf | 2004 | Geochelone elephantopus | Large painting of adult, filling entire stamp. Legs and posterior of carapace extend onto delvedge. | From lower right ("d" position) of sheet of four). | ||||||||||
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