| Catalog # | Denom. | Date | Turtle | Description | Comment | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MI | 6397 | 5000fg | 25 Feb 09 | Pelusios castaneus | Anterior half of one individual, facing right, in foreground. Pale head of secomd individual in background. | From MI Guinea Bl 1663, which see. | ||||||||
| MI | 6398 | 5000fg | 25 Feb 09 | Pelomedusa subrufa | One individual on land, facing right, in foreground. Pale head of a second individual in background. | From MI Guinea Bl 1663, which see. | ||||||||
| MI | 6399 | 5000fg | 25 Feb 09 | Pelohedusa subrufa | Close-up of head of one individual facing left. | From MI Guinea Bl 1663, which see. | ||||||||
| MI | 6400 | 5000fg | 25 Feb 09 | Caretta caretta | One individual swimming up and left in foreground. Head of a second individual facing right in background. | From MI Guinea Bl 1663, which see. Stamp is inscribed "Caretta caretta" but the head on the stamp has been identified by George Balazs as a Chelonia mydas. | ||||||||
| MI | 6401 | 5000fg | 25 Feb 09 | Lepidochelys olivacea | One individual swimming right in foreground, another paler individual swimming right in background. | From MI Guinea Bl 1663, which see. | ||||||||
| MI | 6402 | 5000fg | 25 Feb 09 | Geochelone sulcata | One individual facing three-quarters right/ | From MI Guinea Bl 1663, which see. Stamp is inscribed "Centrochelys sulcata" the genus name used by some authorities. | ||||||||
| MI | 6415 | 2500fg | 25 Feb 09 | Chelonia mydas | Two individuals swimming to right. Inscribed "Les Tortue" in bar at bottom of stamp. | This is the stamp from the s/s designated as Guinea MI Bl 1663 (which see). | ||||||||
| MI | Bl | 1663 | 2500fg | 25 Feb 09 | Four Species | S/S of one stamp w/ two Chelonia mydas on stamp. Sheet margin depicts one Geochelone sulcata, one Pelomedusa subrufa and one Lepidochelys olivacea. Sheet margin inscribed "Les Tortues". NOTE: The sheet margin identifies the tortoise as "Centrochelys sulcata" a name used by some authorities instead of "Geochelone sulcata". | The stamp on this sheet is designated as Guinea MI #6415 (which see). | |||||||
| MI | Bl | 1663 | 5000fg | 25 Feb 09 | Five Different Species | S/S of six stamps, depicting five different species of turtles. Upper margin of sheet inscribed "Les Tortues". Four sea turtles in sheet margin. | Individual stamps on sheet are designated as MI Guinea #6397-6402. See listings of these stamps for turtle ID's. | |||||||
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