ABKHAZIA REPUBLIC

Abkhazia is a breakaway republic from Georgia. It is in a mountainous area on the Black Sea and has existed since June of 1992.


Catalog # Denom.      Date      Turtle      Description      Comment

1.50 1999 Three Species of Turtles Se-tenant sheet of nine stamps (five copies of one stamp and two copies each of two others). Sheet I of a set of three similar sheets. Turtles are Trachemys scripta elegans (5), Chelus fimbriatus (2), and Testudo graeca (2). Sheet also exists w/ Scout logo and text o/p'd on each stamp for 100th anniversary of scouting in 2007.

1.50 1999 Five Species of Turtles Se-tenant sheet of five stamps and four labels. Sheet II of three similar sheets. Turtles on labels are printed w/ gold ink. Turtles are Chelus fimbriatus, Testudo graeca, Trachemys scripta elegans, Chrysemys picta, and Clemmys caspica. Sheet also exists w/ Scout logo o/p'd on each stamp for 100th anniversary of scouting in 2007.

1.50 1999 Three Species of Turtles Se-tenant sheet of nine stamps (five copies of one stamp and two copies each of two others). Sheet III of three similar sheets. Turtles are Chelus fimbriatus (5), Chrysemys picta (2) and Clemmys caspica (2). Sheet also exists w/ Scout logo o/p'd on each stamp for 100th anniversary of scouting in 2007.

1.50 1999 Chelus fimbriatus This stamp appears on sheets I, II, and III of a set of three similar sheets of nine stamps each. Turtle facing left and downhill on land.

1.50 1999 Trachemys scripta elegans This stamp appears on sheets I and II of a set of three similar sheets of nine stamps each. On land, facing right.

1.50 1999 Testudo graeca This stamp appears on sheets I and II of a set of three similar sheets of nine stamps each. On land, facing down and right.

1.50 1999 Clemmys caspica This stamp appears on sheets II and III of a set of three similar sheets of nine stamps each. On land, facing up and left.

1.50 1999 Chrysemys picta This stamp appears on sheets II and III of a set of three similar sheets of nine stamps each. On land, facing up and right.

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