| Catalog # | Denom. | Date | Turtle | Description | Comment | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SC | 2895 | 5c | 12 Oct 86 | Highly Stylized Turtle | Carved wooden throne from the Taino civilization. Stamp inscribed "Dujo Taino", "Culturas Precolombinas", "Republica Dominicana" and "Historia Latinoamericana". | This throne does not look like a chelonian but several reliable sources indicate that it does represent a turtle. | ||||||||
| SC | 4763 | 5c | 15 Nov 07 | Eretmochelys imbricata | Large turtle in foreground swimming down and right w/ foreflippers in raised position. Small turtle in background swimming away from viewer. | Inscribed "Fauna Cubana Protegida". | ||||||||
| SC | 4769 | 1.00p | 15 Nov 07 | Chelonia mydas | S/S of one stamp depicting a Chelonia mydas. Upper sheet margin inscribed "Fauna Cubana Protegida". | Large sawfish (Pristis pectinata) in sheet margin. | ||||||||
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