MAURITIUS


Catalog # Denom.      Date      Turtle      Description      Comment

SC 1026 25Rs 05 Jun 06 Geochelone gigantea Seven tortoises, one prominant in foreground. Inscribed "first captive breeding of giant tortoises 1881."

SC 1045 25r 25 Jun 07 Unidentified Tortoise S/S of one stamp. Stamp depicts a large dodo. Tortoise in margin of sheet under or behind a root or twig. Stamp and sheet are both inscribed "The Dodo" and "Raphus cucullatus".

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