BENIN


Catalog # Denom.      Date      Turtle      Description      Comment

1000f 2005 Pseudemys rubiventris M/S of one stamp. Close-up of turtle's head on stamp, photo of owl w/ long ear tufts in selvedge. Stamp also exists as one of a set of four (not from the s/s).

1000f 2005 Pseudemys floridana M/S of one stamp. Rear view of two turtles on land on the stamp. Owl resembling a hawk owl in selvedge. Stamp also exists as one of a set of four (not from the s/s).

1000f 2005 Unidentified Water Turtle M/S of one stamp.Close-up of turtle's head on stamp. Photo of what is probably an immature owl in selvedge. Owl has no ear tufts. Stamp also exists as one of a set of four (not from the s/s).

1000f 2005 Unidentified Pleurodire M/S of one stamp. Turtle on land w/ debris on carapace (on stamp). Photo of Screech Owl in selvedge. Stamp also exists as one of a set of four (not from the s/s).

Various 2005? Unidentified Tortoise Vertical strip of six stamps w/ a close-up of the head of a different reptile on each (three lizards, two snakes, one tortoise). This strip has selvedge on all four sides so it did not come from a larger pane.

750 2005? Unidentified Tortoise Single stamp w/ tortoise from vertical strip of six reptile heads.

Various 2005? Unidentified Tortoise S/S of six stamps all w/ close-ups of different reptile's heads (three lizards, two snakes, one tortoise). Sheet inscribed "Reptiles Afrique". Fallen leaves in selvedge. Individual stamps are identical to the stamps from the vertical strip of six reptile heads listed here.

1000f 2005? Unidentified Tortoise S/S of two 1000f stamps. Large desert scene in background w/ small tortoise at very bottom of sheet. Sheet inscribed "The Nature Conservancy" and imprinted w/ the Nature Conservancy logo. No turtles on stamps. One stamp depicts three birds and the other one depicts a feline animal.

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