Turtle Stamps

Two souvenir sheets with the shape of swimming turtles, featuring Tongan stamps on the same topic, released on 21 February 2013. Scott 1199-1200.

This triangle turtle stamp from Papua New Guinea is part of the 2009 Coral Triangle issue.

This stamp showing a green turtle is part of a se-tenant block of 4 featuring reef life released in 2007 by Singapore Post. Scott 1280c.

Greece 2012 Loggerhead Turtle. Scott 2524.

Bequia (Grenadines of St Vincent) 2012 Sea Turtles - Hawksbill, Kemp's Ridley, Leatherback, Olive Ridley and Loggerhead.

Ryukyu black-breasted leaf turtle (Geoemyda spengleri japonica), combined engraved and photogravure, and issued by Japan on March 25, 1974, Scott No. 1203.

- nethryk

Flying cranes and a turtle (perhaps wishing he had wings, too?), printed by photogravure, and issued by Japan on February 10, 2003, Scott No. 2851e.

- nethryk

Nethryk,

The designs in the Japanese stamps in your last two post are gorgeous!

Any information on who the artists or engravers might be?

Stamp Mole - Thanks! I'm glad that you also like the designs and engraving work on the two Japan stamps posted above. Unfortunately, I do not yet know the names of the artists or engravers who produced them. I hope to learn more about these and other stamps issued by Japan during an upcoming visit to the American Philatelic Society's library. If I do find any useful information, I'll be sure to share it here in a future post.

- nethryk

Thanks, nethryk! In the meanwhile, I have subscribed to this thread so I don't miss whatever you can discover.

I will remain ready to devour the next installment:





Kevin

Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), designed and engraved by Jacques Combet, and issued for use in Comoro Islands on December 20, 1965, Scott No. 65, plus a photo of a member of this reptile species.

- nethryk

Nice picture Stamp Mole!

"A girl seated on giant tortoise," printed by lithography, and issued by Tanzania as one of a set of six stamps promoting tourism in Zanzibar, Scott No. 1773.

- nethryk

Forum needs more turtles!

Here is an image of a semi-postal (charity) stamp depicting what appears to be a type of sea turtle, printed by photogravure, and issued for use in Fernando Po(o) on November 23, 1961 as one of a set of four stamps for Stamp Day, Scott No. B12. Mystery note: The depicted reptile does not actually resemble any of the four marine turtle species known to come ashore to lay their eggs on Bioko Island (formerly called Fernando Pó). Also, the Scott Catalogue (2008 ed.) egregiously misidentifies this creature as an "Ethiopian Tortoise!"

- nethryk