Capital: Malabo Population: 676,000 Languages: French, Spanish Currency: Central African CFA Franc EQUATORIAL GUINEA

as SPANISH GUINEA

1954

COLONIAL STAMP DAY
(SG 391, 393)

5.5cts	15cts

The sea turtle most likely to be portrayed is a Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) and the carapace shape matches, but it is impossible to be certain.

as FERNANDO PO

1961

STAMP DAY
(SG 244, 246)

10+5cts	30+10cts

It is not possible to determine whichsea turtle is being represented due to the poor representation of its carapace.

as RIO MUNI

1964

CHILD WELFARE
(SG 46)

50c

A chameleon in display mode, the most likely candidate being the Flap-necked chameleon (Chamaeleo dilepis) that seems to appear on African stamps more often than any other species.

FAUNA
(SG 48, 51, 54)

15c	70c
3pts

Probably a West African dwarf crocodile (Osteolaemus tetraspis).

STAMP DAY
(SG 57, 59)

50c	1.50pts

The Stanley Gibbons catalogue gives the identiy as "Goliath" frog (Conraua goliath) but these sorts of acrobatics might be a little beyond that huge river-dwelling anuran. More likely a treefrog or reeed frog.

as EQUATORIAL GUINEA

1977

GIANT TORTOISE
(SG n/a)

A study of a Galapagos giant tortoise (Chelonoides nigra).

1998

FAUNA
(SG n/a)

Three reptiles that appear to be a Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), Nile monitor lizard (Varanus niloticus) and possible an African rock python (Python sebae) but all pretty poor representations.