Additions and corrections for December 1998

A World-Wide List of Turtles and Tortoises on Stamps

by Donald N. Riemer


A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z


-- A --
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
ARGENTINA
ASCENSION

-- B --
BAHAMAS
BARBUDA
BRAZIL

-- C --
CHINA, REPUBLIC OF (TAIWAN)
COMORO ISLANDS

-- D --
DOMINICA

-- E --
EQUATORIAL GUINEA

-- F --
FRENCH POLYNESIA

-- G --
GRENADA
GRENADINES OF GRENADA

-- H --
HONDURAS

-- I --

-- J --

-- K --
KARAKALPAKIA
KIRIBATI

-- L --
LIBERIA

-- M --
MEXICO
MONGOLIA

-- N --
NICARAGUA
NIGER
NIUE

-- O --

-- P --
PALAU
PHILIPPINES

-- Q --

-- R --

-- S --
SAHARA REPUBLIC
SEYCHELLES
SLOVENIA
SOLOMON ISLANDS
ST. THOMAS AND PRINCE ISLANDS

-- T --
TANZANIA
TRANSDNIESTRIAN MOLDOVAN REPUBLIC
TUVALU

-- U --

-- V --
VENEZUELA

-- W --
WALLIS AND FUTUNA

-- X --

-- Y --

-- Z --


ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

Listed under ANTIGUA in the Scott Catalog.


Catalog # Denom.      Date      Turtle      Description      Comment
SC 2162 40c 17 Aug 98 Eretmochelys imbricata Sheet of twenty-five 40c values w/ turtle on one. Inscribed "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" & "Int. Year of the Ocean". Date also reported as 4 Aug 98.
SC 2162 c 40c 17 Aug 98 Eretmochelys imbricata Single stamp w/ turtle from Scott Antigua 2162. Date also reported as 4 Aug 98.


ARGENTINA


Catalog # Denom.      Date      Turtle      Description      Comment
75c 17 Apr 98 Cartoon Turtle Booklet of four different 75c stamps, one of which is Scott Argentina #1995.


ASCENSION


Catalog # Denom.      Date      Turtle      Description      Comment
Various 1998 Chelonia mydas Booklet containing two 15p stamps and two 35p stamps. Cover has an outline map of Ascension Island and a silhouette of a sea turtle. Turtle is on booklet cover only, not on stamps.


BAHAMAS


Catalog # Denom.      Date      Turtle      Description      Comment
15c 24 Nov 98 Unidentified Sea Turtle Inscribed "International Year of the Ocean".


BARBUDA


Catalog # Denom.      Date      Turtle      Description      Comment
SC 1564 75c 13 Jun 96 Archelon sp. Scott Antigua & Barbuda #1888 o/p'd "BARBUDA MAIL".
SC 1564 d 75c 13 Jun 96 Archelon sp. Scott Antigua & Barbuda #1888d o/p'd "BARBUDA MAIL".


BRAZIL


Catalog # Denom.      Date      Turtle      Description      Comment
SC 2674 31c 22 May 98 Unidentified Sea Turtle Pane of 24 se-tenant stamps forming an underwater panorama. Inscribed "Expo 98/Oceans, A Patrimony for the Future".
SC 2674 a 31c 22 May 98 Unidentified Sea Turtle Single stamp w/ turtle from Scott Brazil 2674. Turtle has tag on front right flipper, inscribed "2.000.000".


CHINA, REPUBLIC OF (TAIWAN)


Catalog # Denom.      Date      Turtle      Description      Comment
SC 3195 $5.00 25 Sep 98 Unidentified Sea Turtle From Chinese fable "A Frog in a Well". Turtle is somewhat stylized.


COMORO ISLANDS


Catalog # Denom.      Date      Turtle      Description      Comment
SC 829 200f 10 Aug 98 Dermochelys coriacea Sheet of twelve 200f values. Turtle on one stamp only. Inscribed "La Vie Marine du Monde".
SC 829 k 200f 10 Aug 98 Dermochelys coriacea Single stamp w/ turtle from Scott Comoro Is. 829.


DOMINICA


Catalog # Denom.      Date      Turtle      Description      Comment
25c 1998 Dermochelys coriacea Scott Dominica #1548 o/p'd "Save the Turtles".
55c 1998 Eretmochelys imbricata Scott Dominica #1549 o/p'd "Save the Turtles".
90c 1998 Chelonis mydas Scott Dominica #1551 o/p'd "Save the Turtles".
$1.00 1998 Chelonia mydas Scott Dominica #1552 o/p'd "Save the Turtles".
$4.00 1998 Caretta caretta Scott Dominica #1554 o/p'd "Save the Turtles".
SC 2085 $1.00 07 Sep 98 Eretmochelys imbricata Sheetlet of nine $1.00 se-tenant stamps w/ turtle on one. Inscribed "International Year of the Ocean".
SC 2085 d $1.00 07 Sep 98 Eretmochelys imbricata Single stamp w/ turtle from Scott Dominica 2085.
SC 2086 $1.00 07 Sep 98 Dermochelys coriacea Sheetlet of nine $1.00 se-tenant stamps w/ turtle on one. Inscribed "International Year of the Ocean".
SC 2086 f $1.00 07 Sep 98 Dermochelys coriacea Single stamp w/ turtle from Scott Dominica 2086.


EQUATORIAL GUINEA


Catalog # Denom.      Date      Turtle      Description      Comment
SC 230 400f 1997 Unidentified Turtle Se-tenant strip of four 400f stamps w/ turtle on one. Native Fauna issue.
SC 230 c 400f 1997 Unidentified Turtle Single stamp w/ turtle from Scott Equatorial Guinea 230.


FRENCH POLYNESIA


Catalog # Denom.      Date      Turtle      Description      Comment
SC 724 96f 15 Oct 97 Unidentified Sea Turtle? Stamp depicts a work of art with two figures made of inlaid mother-of-pearl. These figures resemble sea turtles. According to the postmistress in Papeete, Tahiti, these figures represent lizards, but they look more like sea turtles.


GRENADA

(NOTE: See also, GRENADINES OF GRENADA)


Catalog # Denom.      Date      Turtle      Description      Comment
SC 2773 75c 19 Aug 98 Chelonia mydas Sheet of sixteen 75c values w/ turtle on one. Inscribed "International Year of the Ocean".
SC 2773 e 75c 19 Aug 98 Chelonia mydas Single stamp w/ turtle from Scott Grenada 2773.


GRENADINES OF GRENADA

(NOTE: See also, GRENADA)


Catalog # Denom.      Date      Turtle      Description      Comment
$1.00 1998 Cartoon Turtle Strip of five w/ wide selvedge. "Silly Symphony" Railroad. Turtle riding caboose. 1998 Christmas Set.
$1.00 1998 Cartoon Turtle Single stamp w/ turtle from Christmas strip of five.
25c 1998 Unident. Freshwater Turt. Sheetlet of twelve 25c values w/ turtle on one. Inscribed "International Year of the Ocean".
25c 1998 Unident. Freshwater Turt. Single stamp w/ turtle from sheet of twelve 25c values.
SC 2042 75c 19 Aug 98 Unidentified Turtle Sheetlet of twelve 75c values w/ turtle on one. Inscribed "International Year of the Ocean".
SC 2042 l 75c 19 Aug 98 Unidentified Turtle Single stamp w/ turtle from Scott Grenada Grenadines 2042.
SC 2043 90c 19 Aug 98 Unident. Freshwater Turt. Sheetlet of twelve 90c values w/ turtle on one. Inscribed "International Year of the Ocean".
SC 2043 c 90c 19 Aug 98 Unident. Freshwater Turt. Single stamp w/ turtle from Scott Grenadines Grenada 2043. Freshwater turtle on rock ledge over marine environment.


HONDURAS


Catalog # Denom.      Date      Turtle      Description      Comment
SC C 1038 L20 + 2 31 Jul 98 Eretmochelys imbricata Imperf. according to Scott. Air Mail Stamp.


KARAKALPAKIA

Karakalpakia is a region (and Oblast) south of the Aral Sea and north of the Caucasus Mts.


Catalog # Denom.      Date      Turtle      Description      Comment
Various 1998 See "Comment" Column Sheetlet of six stamps (two lizards, two turtles and two frogs). Chelonians are Geochelone radiata & Eretmochelys imbricata.
20k 1998 Geochelone radiata From sheet of six stamps.
25k 1998 Eretmochelys imbricata From sheet of six stamps.


KIRIBATI


Catalog # Denom.      Date      Turtle      Description      Comment
$1.00 15 Sep 98 Unidentified Sea Turtle Small s/s of one stamp. Sheet is inscribed "The Millennium" and "Towards 2000". Turtle is in selvedge of sheet.


LIBERIA


Catalog # Denom.      Date      Turtle      Description      Comment
32c 1998 Unidentified Sea Turtle Sheet w/ small turtle in selvedge.
20c Oct. 98 Caretta caretta Pane of sixteen 20c se-tenant stamps. International Year of the Ocean. Turtle confined primarily to one stamp.
20c Oct. 98 Caretta caretta Single stamp w/ turtle from sheet of sixteen.
15c Oct. 98 Chelonia mydas Se-tenant sheetlet of twenty five 15c values, w/ turtle on one. Inscribed "International Year of the Ocean".
15c 1998 Chelonia mydas Single stamp w/ turtle from International Year of the Ocean sheetlet of twenty five.
32c Oct. 98 Chelydra serpentina One of two different panes of nine se-tenant 32c stamps issued this date. One stamp on one of the two panes depicts a snapping turtle.
32c Oct. 98 Chelydra serpentina Single stamp w/ turtle from pane of nine issued this date.


MEXICO


Catalog # Denom.      Date      Turtle      Description      Comment
$2.30 07 Jul 98 Five Sea Turtle Species Se-tenant sheet of twenty five stamps w/ sea turtles on five of them. Sheet inscribed "Reader's Digest".
$2.30 07 Jul 98 Lepidochelys kempi One of the single stamps w/ a turtle from the Reader's Digest sheet.
$2.30 07 Jul 98 Lepidochelys olivacea One of the single stamps w/ a turtle from the Reader's Digest sheet.
$2.30 07 Jul 98 Dermochelys coriacea One of the single stamps w/ a turtle from the Reader's Digest sheet.
$2.30 07 Jul 98 Caretta caretta One of the single stamps w/ a turtle from the Reader's Digest sheet.
$2.30 07 Jul 98 Eretmochelys imbricata One of the single stamps w/ a turtle from the Reader's Digest sheet.


MONGOLIA


Catalog # Denom.      Date      Turtle      Description      Comment
SC 574 1.50t 05 Jun 70 Unidentified Sea Turtle Printed in sheets of 20 (5x4) w/ alternating horiz. rows of tabs showing various fairy tales. One tab shows a fisherman riding a sea turtle. No turtle on stamp itself; only on tab.


NICARAGUA


Catalog # Denom.      Date      Turtle      Description      Comment
MI BK 115 $5 & $15 03 May 80 D. coriacea & C. mydas s/s w/ two stamps; a $5.00 Dermochelys coriacea and a $15.00 Chelonia mydas. There are two o/p's on each stamp and two additional o/p's on the sheet outside of the stamps. The o/p's on each stamp are the same: (1) the blue words "1979 ANO DE LA LIBERACION" in the upper left, and (2) five red olympic rings and the words "PARTICIPACION NICARAGUA OLIMPIADAS 1980" in the lower right. The o/p's on the sheet outside the stamps are: (1) the red words "1979 ANO DE LA LIBERACION" near the center of the sheet, and (2) a black serial number in the lower left. Date is from Michel catalog.
SG 2230 90c 17 Aug 79 Caretta caretta Three red o/p's as follows: (1) "1979 ANO DE LA LIBERACION" in upper left, (2) five olympic rings and the words "PARTICIPACION NICARAGUA OLIMPIADAS 1980" in lower right, and (3) monogram in lower left. Michel catalog lists issue date as 7 Apr 80.
SG 2262 90c 15 May 81 Caretta caretta Two red o/p's as follows: (1) "1980 ANO DE LA ALFABETIZACION" in upper left, and (2) monogram in lower right. Date from Michel catalog.
SG 2263 $2.00 15 May 81 Dermochelys coriacea Two red o/p's as follows: (1) "1980 ANO DE LA ALFABETIZACION" in upper left, and (2) monogram in lower right. Date from Michel catalog.
SG 2264 $2.20 15 May 81 Lepidochelys kempii Two red o/p's as follows: (1) "1980 ANO DE LA ALFABETIZACION" in upper left, and (2) monogram in lower right. Date from Michel catalog.
SG 2265 $10.00 15 May 81 Eretmochelys imbricata Two red o/p's as follows: (1) 1980 ANO DE LA ALFABETIZACION" in upper left, and (2) monogram in lower right. Date from Michel catalog.


NIGER


Catalog # Denom.      Date      Turtle      Description      Comment
SC 974 400f 1998 Chelonia mydas Greenpeace sheetlet w/ one each of four different stamps. Turtle in selvedge as well as on each stamp.
SC 974 a 400f 1998 Chelonia mydas Single stamp from Scott Niger 974. Adult tangled in net. Inscribed "Greenpeace".
SC 974 b 400f 1998 Chelonia mydas Single stamp from Scott Niger 974. Adult swimming underwater, facing right. Inscribed "Greenpeace".
SC 974 c 400f 1998 Chelonia mydas Single stamp from Scott Niger 974. Adults mating at water's surface. Inscribed "Greenpeace".
SC 974 d 400f 1998 Chelonia mydas Single stamp from Scott Niger 974. Adult swimming underwater, facing left. Inscribed "Greenpeace".
SC 974 e 400f 1998 Chelonia mydas Greenpeace s/s w/ two each of four different stamps. Turtle in selvedge as well as on each stamp.
SC 977 250f 1998 Seven Different Species Sheet of six w/ a different turtle on each stamp + one in selvedge. Chelodina longicollis in upper selvedge of sheet.
SC 977 a 250f 1998 Pelomedusa subrufra From sheet of six.
SC 977 b 250f 1998 Platysternon megacephalum Subspecies is "shiui". Incorrect name on stamp is "Megacephalum shiui" as if that were the genus and species. From sheet of six.
SC 977 c 250f 1998 Eretmochelys imbricata Stamp identifies subspecies as "bissa". From sheet of six.
SC 977 d 250f 1998 Platemys platycephala Incorrect name on stamp is "Platycephala platycephala". From sheet of six.
SC 977 e 250f 1998 Apalone spinifera Incorrect name on stamp as "Spinifera spinifera". From sheet of six.
SC 977 f 250f 1998 Malayemys subtrijuga From sheet of six.


NIUE


Catalog # Denom.      Date      Turtle      Description      Comment
SC 707 20c 20 May 98 Unidentified Sea Turtle Two Scuba Divers w/ turtle in foreground. Country name cleverly concealed. Date from Stanley Gibbons.


PALAU


Catalog # Denom.      Date      Turtle      Description      Comment
5c Sep. 1997 Cartoon Turtle Minnie Mouse and Turtle reading books on the beach. Design is identical to Scott Palau #447b but denominations differ. Issued for Literacy Campaign. Inscribed "Reading is the Ultimate Luxury".


PHILIPPINES


Catalog # Denom.      Date      Turtle      Description      Comment
SC 2497 8p 24 Oct 97 Unidentified Sea Turtle Panoramic underwater view w/ fish, coral, etc. Inscribed "1997 International Year of the Reef".
SC 2498 16p 24 Oct 97 Unidentified Sea Turtles S/S w/ one stamp that has the same design as #2497, but w/ a 16p denom. and a selvedge that continues the panorama beyond the stamp and which has a 2nd turtle. Inscribed "1997 International Year of the Reef".


SAHARA REPUBLIC


Catalog # Denom.      Date      Turtle      Description      Comment
136ptas 1998 Chelodina longicollis One of a six value set of reptile stamps. Genus name misspelled in previous list.


SEYCHELLES

See End Note #4 for further information about SEYCHELLES stamps.


Catalog # Denom.      Date      Turtle      Description      Comment
3r 30 Nov 98 Unidentified Sea Turtle Adult Underwater. Year of the Ocean/Marine Parks Issue.


SLOVENIA


Catalog # Denom.      Date      Turtle      Description      Comment
SC 324 a Various 25 Mar 98 Cartoon Turtles S/S w/ two each, of three different stamps. Turtle in Selvedge as well as on two stamps. Both stamps w/ turtles are Scott Slovenia #323.


SOLOMON ISLANDS


Catalog # Denom.      Date      Turtle      Description      Comment
SC 616 80c 07 Jul 88 Unidentified Sea Turtle The turtle is on the Solomon Island Coat-of-Arms.
SC 872 $4.00 1998 Unidentified Sea Turtle s/s w/ one stamp. Issued for new parliament bldg. & 20th Anniv. of Independence. Tiny turtle on the Solomon Island Coat-of-Arms.


ST. THOMAS AND PRINCE ISLANDS


Catalog # Denom.      Date      Turtle      Description      Comment
SC 1221 2000d 06 Jul 95 Geochelone elephantopus s/s of one stamp w/ tiny tortoise on map of world.


TANZANIA


Catalog # Denom.      Date      Turtle      Description      Comment
300/ 1998 Caretta caretta Sheetlet of nine stamps w/ turtle on one. Semi-ventral view of turtle.
300/ 1998 Caretta caretta Single stamp w/ turtle from sheet of nine 300/ stamps.
150/ 1998 Giant Tortoise Same design as stamp on s/s from tourism issue, but w/ a different denom. From six value Tourism set.
600/ 1998 Giant Tortoise s/s w/ one stamp depicting a girl riding a giant tortoise on a street in Zanzibar. Tourism Issue.
250/ 1998 Giant Tortoise Three children feeding a giant tortoise. From six value Tourism set.
SC 1411 500/- 15 Jun 95 Eretmochelys imbricata s/s issued in conjunction w/ a set of 7 marine animals. Turtle's head is on stamp, body in selvedge. Date is from Michel catalog.
SC 1691 200/ 01 Sep 98 Clemmys insculpta Pane of twelve se-tenant 200/ stamps depicting endangered animals. Turtle on one stamp only.
SC 1691 k 200/ 01 Sep 98 Clemmys insculpta Single stamp w/ turtle from Scott Tanzania 1691.
SC 1693 370/ 01 Sep 98 Chelonia mydas Pane of six se-tenant stamps w/ turtle on one. This is pane 2 of two panes of six issued on the same date.
SC 1693 e 370/ 01 Sep 98 Chelonia mydas Single stamp w/ turtle from Scott Tanzania 1693.
SC 1699 250/ 02 Sep 98 Eretmochelys imbricata Scott Tanzania #1670 o/p'd w/ International Year of the Ocean emblem. O/P'd on each stamp and in selvedge of sheet.
SC 1699 c 250/ 02 Sep 98 Eretmochelys imbricata Scott Tanzania #1670c o/p'd w/ International Year of the Ocean emblem.


TRANSDNIESTRIAN MOLDOVAN REPUBLIC

See End Note #8 for further information about TRANSDNIESTRIAN MOLDOVAN REPUBLIC stamps.


Catalog # Denom.      Date      Turtle      Description      Comment
"A" 1994 Emys orbicularis? Postal Stationery w/ imprinted stamp similar to 100r stamp issued 16 July 94. Additional turtle in cachet.


TUVALU


Catalog # Denom.      Date      Turtle      Description      Comment
SC 757 40c 25 Nov 97 Unidentified Sea Turtle Hunters in canoe w/ sea turtle diving in foreground. Inscribed "Turtle Hunting".


VENEZUELA


Catalog # Denom.      Date      Turtle      Description      Comment
SC 1586 Various 31 Jul 98 Chelonia mydas Se-tenant sheet of ten stamps w/ turtles on two of them. Each stamp inscribed "Expo '98 Lisboa".
SC 1586 a 140Bs 31 Jul 98 Chelonia mydas Adult nesting. Inscribed "Expo '98 Lisboa".
SC 1586 c 150Bs 31 Jul 98 Unidentified Sea Turtle Tiny hatchling at water's edge. Inscribed "Expo '98 Lisboa".


WALLIS AND FUTUNA


Catalog # Denom.      Date      Turtle      Description      Comment
SC C 197 350f 06 Nov 97 Chelonia mydas Stamp-on-Stamp depicting map of the world and eleven stamps. Depicts Scott Wallis & Fatuna 497, which has a turtle.


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