| Catalog # | Denom. | Date | Turtle | Description | Comment | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40000db | 25 May 06 | Unidentified Tortoise | Single stamp from Scott #1606. One tortoise facing left plus head of tortoise in upper left corner of stamp. | On the stamp the tortoise is identified as Malacochersus tornieri but this is obviously incorrect. This is most certainly not a pancake tortoise. | ||||||||||
| 40000db | 2011 | Two Species | Cinderella s/s w/ two 40000db stamps; one w/ iguanas, one w/ giant tortoises. Unidentified sea turtle in left margin of sheet. | Left margin of sheet inscribed "Proteccao Ilhas Galapagos" along w/ a large picture of a frigate bird in flight. | ||||||||||
| 40000db | 2011 | Geochelone nigra | One large tortoise in foreground, facing left / head and neck elevated. Four smaller tortoises in background. | Individual stamp w/ tortoise from s/s of two issued this date. | ||||||||||
| SC | 1596 | Various | 25 May 06 | Numerous Species | S/S of four stamps and four stamp-like labels, all w/ one or two chelonians. Labels have Boy Scout logo, stamps do not. | Several of the chelonians are mis-identified on the stamps and labels. | ||||||||
| SC | 1596 | a | 7000db | 25 May 06 | Testudo graeca | Adult facing right. | ||||||||
| SC | 1596 | b | 9000db | 25 May 06 | Terrapene carolina bauri | Adult facing right. Unidentified hatchling emerging from egg in upper left corner. | Turtle is mis-identified as Pseudemys scripta on stamp. | |||||||
| SC | 1596 | c | 10000db | 25 May 06 | Unidentified Tortoise | Unidentified tortoise facing left, next to flower. Small Clemmys guttata in upper left corner. | Stamp inscribed Clemmys insculpta, which is not the correct identity of either of the chelonians depicted. | |||||||
| SC | 1596 | d | 14000db | 25 May 06 | Trionyx spiniferus | Turtle in shallow water facing right. Small Pseudemys scripta elegans in upper left corner. | ||||||||
| SC | 1606 | 40000db | 25 May 06 | Various Tortoises | S/S of one stamp w/ tortoises on stamp and in margins. One tortoise in margin is laying eggs and two are mating. Boy scout logo in upper left corner of sheet. | All of the tortoises have scientific names under them in small print but almost every one is mis-named, including the one on the stamp. | ||||||||
| SC | 1743 | Various | 05 Nov 07 | Natator depressus | Sheetlet of four stamps and four labels, all w/ underwater scenes and/or a portrait of Jacques Cousteau. One stamp depicts two Natator depressus. | Upper margin of sheet inscribed "Vida Marinha". Lower margin inscribed "Jacques Cousteau". | ||||||||
| SC | 1743 | b | 9000db | 05 Nov 07 | Natator depressus | Two turtles swimming underwater in foreground, SCUBA diver in background. | Individual stamp w/ turtles from Scott St. Thomas and Prince #1743. | |||||||
| SC | 1744 | 40,000db | 05 Nov 07 | Chelonia mydas | S/S of one stamp. Portrait of Jacques Cousteau on stamp and in upper right corner of sheet margin. Turtle in lower left corner of sheet margin. | Sheet inscribed "Vida Marinha" in lower right corner in large letters. Much small writing on sheet margin as well. | ||||||||
| SC | 1747 | 7000db | 05 Nov 07 | Lepidochelys olivacea | Sheetlet of six stamps, all w/ underwater scenes and w/ denoms of 7000db. Ventral view of turtle and SCUBA diver on one stamp. | Sheet inscribed "Paraiso Do Mergulho". | ||||||||
| SC | 1747 | f | 7000db | 05 Nov 07 | Lepidochelys olivacea | Individual stamp w/ SCUBA diver and ventral view of turtle from Scott St. Thomas and Prince #1747. | ||||||||
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