| Catalog # | Denom. | Date | Turtle | Description | Comment | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Various | 1969 | Chelonia mydas | Sheet of six different stamps issued for The Dahlak Quest Expedition. Turtle on one stamp. | Top margin inscribed "The Dahlak Quest Expedition 1969-1970". | ||||||||||
| 15c | 1969 | Chelonia mydas | Local Post stamp, available w/ 7 different cancellations. Could be postally used during 1969-70 only. | Stamp inscribed "Expedition" and "Dahlak Islands". From sheet of six different stamps. | ||||||||||
| Various | 1969 | Chelonia mydas | Sheet of six different stamps, each stamp o/p'd "Christmas 1969" in black. Turtle on one stamp. | Top margin of sheet inscribed "The Dahlak Quest Expedition 1969-1970". | ||||||||||
| 15c | 1969 | Chelonia mydas | Single stamp from sheet of six w/ "Christmas 1969" o/p in black. | Issued for "The Dahlak Quest Expedition 1969-1970". | ||||||||||
| Various | 1970 | Chelonia mydas | Sheet of six different stamps w/ "Christmas 1969" o/p blocked out on each stamp and further overprinted "1970 Starfish Investigation". | Original inscription in top margin of sheet altered by blocking out "...Quest Expedition 1969...." and printing beneath the block "Starfish Investigation". | ||||||||||
| 15c | 1970 | Chelonia mydas | Single stamp from sheet of six w/ "Starfish Expedition" o/p'd in black. | |||||||||||
| Various | 1971 | Chelonia mydas | Sheet of six stamps from Dahlak Quest Expedition of 1969-1970 overprinted as follows: Dahlak Quest inscription in top selvedge blocked out in dark blue and o/p'd below the block, in blue, "Alec Gale Memorial Expedition 1971". | "Christmas 1969" blocked out on each stamp and stamp further o/p'd "Ophthalmic Investigation Team 1971" in dark blue. | ||||||||||
| 15c | 1971 | Chelonia mydas | Single stamp w/ turtle from sheet of six, o/p'd "Ophthalmic Investigation team 1971". | |||||||||||
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