MALDIVES


Catalog # Denom.      Date      Turtle      Description      Comment

Various 1996? Eretmochelys imbricata Se-tenant strip of three stamps, each w/ a different painting of E. imbricata. Each stamp inscribed "Save the Turtles". Postally used examples of stamps from this strip exist on cover, postmarked 12 Nov 1996 but the issue date could have been sometime prior to that.

1Rf 1996? Eretmochelys imbricata Head of turtle facing left. Inscribed "Save the Turtles". A postally used example exists on cover, postmarked 12 Nov 1996 but the issue date could have been sometime prior to that.

7Rf 1996? Eretmochelys imbricata Ventral view of posterior half of turtle. Inscribed "Save the Turtles". Postally used examples of stamps from this set exist on cover, postmarked 12 Nov 1996 but the issue date could have been sometime prior to that.

8Rf 1996? Eretmochelys imbricata Two turtles swimming underwater. One swimming to right, the other swimming directly toward viewer. Inscribed "Save the Turtles". A postally used example exists on cover, postmarked 12 Nov 1996 but the issue date could have been sometime prior to that.

Rf10 Unidentified Sea Turtle Se-tenent sheet of four Rf10 stamps depicting fish. Half of the sheet is selvedge w/ a prominent sea turtle. No turtles on stamps. Inscribed "Kids-Did-It! Designs". Turtle art work entitled "Sea Turtle" by Tyler Overton, age 10.

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