GUINEA-BISSAU


Catalog # Denom.      Date      Turtle      Description      Comment

MI 5025 350fca 28 Oct 10 Chelonia mydas One individual swimming down and right. Background color of stamp is pink.

MI 5026 350fca 28 Oct 10 Lepidochelys olivacea One individual swimming down and right. Background color of stamp is yellow.

MI 5027 500fca 28 Oct 10 Caretta caretta One individual swimming down and right. Background color of stamp is light blue.

MI 5028 500fca 28 Oct 10 Dermochelys coriacea One individual swimming down and left. Background color of stamp is blue-green.

MI 5029 700fca 28 Oct 10 Lepidochelys kempii One inividual swimming left. Background color of stamp is lavender.

MI 5030 900fca 28 Oct 10 Eretmochelys imbricata One individual swimming down and left. Background color of stamp is yellow-green.

MI 5031 1500fca 28 Oct 10 Caretta caretta One individual swimming right and slightly downward. Background color on stamp is pink.

MI 5032 1500fca 28 Oct 10 Caretta caretta One individual swimming right and slightly downward. Background color of stamp is yellow-green.

MI BL 807 3200r 2010 Chelonia mydas Sheet depicting stamps of eight different countries, each w/ a picture of a different animal. The denominiations of each of the eight depicted stamps is obiterated w/ a horiz. green bar. One of the stamps depicted is Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Scott #327 which shows a turtle swimming to right.

MI BL 867 ** Various 28 Oct 10 Six Diff. Sea Turtles Sheet of six stamps w/ a different sea turtle on each. Upper margin of sheet inscribed "Tartarugas". ** Complete Michel number for this sheet is 5025-5030 BL 867.

MI BL 867 ** 1500fca 28 Oct 10 Caretta caretta S/S of two 1500fca stamps. One turtle on each stamp plus two more in upper margin. The larger turtle in the upper margin is identified as Lagothrix flavicauda which is a monkey. ** Complete Michel number for this sheet is "5031-5030 BL 867".

SG 1373 150FCA 18 Dec 02 Pelusios castaneus Adult facing left w/ white background. From set of four reptile stamps. Stanley Gibbons lists species as Pelusios suniger (sic) but Mr. Nils Boysen has identified it as Pelusios castaneus. Date has also been reported as 9 Dec 02.

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