Catalog # | Denom. | Date | Turtle | Description | Comment | |||||||||
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SC | 1017 | 2.50pa | 19 Mar 99 | Unidentified Turtle | Depicts Capt. James Cook, his ship and men holding a turtle. From four-value Explorers set. | Turtle could be a sea turtle or the famous radiated tortoise that Capt. Cook is known to have given to the King of Tonga in 1777. | ||||||||
SC | 1017 | a | 2.50pa | 19 Mar 99 | Unidentified Turtle | S/S w/ stamp of same design as Scott Tonga 1017. | Turtle could be a sea turtle or the famous radiated tortoise that Capt. Cook is known to have given to the King of Tonga in 1777. | |||||||
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