| Catalog # | Denom. | Date | Turtle | Description | Comment | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 750f | 2011 | Trionyx sp. | S/S of four 750f stamps / birds on two, dugong on one and turtle on one. | Upper margin of sheet inscribed "Les ecosystemes d'Afrique" and "Les mangroves d'Afrique Centrale". | ||||||||||
| 750f | 2011 | Trionyx sp. | Turtle swimming directly toward viewer. | From s/s of four containing two birds, a dugong and a turtle. | ||||||||||
| 750f | 2011 | Chelonia mydas | S/S of four stamps including monkeys, water buffalo, dugongs and turtles. | Upper sheet margin inscribed "Les ecosystemes d'Afrique". Bottom sheet margin inscribed "Les mangroves d'Afrique de 'Est". | ||||||||||
| 750f | 2011 | Chelonia mydas | Two turtles on stamp swimming toward viewer. Third turtle mostly in sheet margin w/ head and one foreflipper on stamp. | From s/s of four w/ monkeys, water buffalo, dugong and turtles. | ||||||||||
| 3000f | 2011 | Unidentified Sea Turtles | S/S of one 3000f stamp depicting birds. Bottom margin of sheet shows numerous adult sea turtles on beach plus a close-up of a hatchling emerging from egg. | Upper sheet margin inscribed "Les ecosystemes d'Afrique". Bottom sheet margin inscribed "Les mangroves d'Afrique de l'Est". | ||||||||||
| 3000f | 2011 | Unidentified Sea Turtle | S/S of one 3000f stamp. Turtle on stamp swimming right. Flying birds in upper sheet margin, fish in bottom sheet margin. | Upper sheet margin inscribed "Les ecosystemes d'Afrique". Bottom sheet margin inscribed "Les mangroves de Madagascar". | ||||||||||
| 750f | 2011 | Geochelone sulcata | S/S of four 750f stamps including crocodiles, hippos, lizards and tortoises. Tortoises on one stamp only. | Upper sheet margin inscribed "Les ecosystemes d'Afrique" and "L'ecosysteme du fleuve Nil". | ||||||||||
| 750f | 2011 | Geochelone sulcata | One tortoise on land, facing left, plus head and anterior edge of carapace of a second tortoise on right edge of stamp. | Individual stamp w/ tortoise from s/s of four / crocodiles, hippos, lizards and tortoises. | ||||||||||
| 3000f | 2011 | Unidentified Sea Turtle | S/S of one 3000f stamp w/ semi-ventral view of turtle swimming toward viewer. Three dugongs in sheet margins. | Upper right corner of sheet margin inscribed "Les ecosystemes d'Afrique" and "Les mangroves d'Afrique Centrale". | ||||||||||
| 750f | 2011 | Unidentified Sea Turtle | S/S of four stamps showing scenes from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill of 2010. One stamp depicts a worker cleaning a sea turtle. | Upper margin of sheet inscribed "Les Marees Noires". | ||||||||||
| 750f | 2011 | Unidentified Sea Turtle | Left side of stamp shows a scene from Gulf of Mexico oil spill of 2010. Right side of stamp shows a worker bending over, cleaning oil frm a sea turtle. | From s/s of four stamps depicting scenes from 2010 oil spill. | ||||||||||
| 3000f | 2011 | Unidentified Sea Turtle | S/S of one 3000f stamp showing a sea turtle being held in gloved hands. Margins of sheet show a scene from Gulf of Mexico oil spill of 2010 w/ a worker in foreground holding and cleaning a pelican. | Upper margin of sheet inscribed "Les Marees Noires". | ||||||||||
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