Capital: Tarawa
Population: 98,000
Languages: English,
Gilbertese
Currency: Kiribati Dollar,
Australian Dollar
KIRIBATI

as GILBERT ISLANDS

1979


BICENTENARY OF CAPTAIN COOK'S VOYAGES
(SG 81)

35c Green Turtle

 

 
Name on stamp
Current name
Accepted common name
20c
Chelonia mydas
Chelonia mydas
Green sea turtle

A series of four stamps commemorating the Bicentenary of Captain Cook's Voyages, the 20c of which shows a Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) with the additional caption "caught by Captain Cook's crew on Christmas Island for nourishment." Turtles and tortoises could survive for long periods on board ship and provided easy meat for starving merchant navies and navies of all nations, leading to declines in local populations, especially of giant tortoises in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

 

as KIRIBATI

1983


ISLAND MAPS (3rd series)
(SG 216)

 

30c Nikumaroro Island Hawksbill turtle

 

One of four maps stamps, for the island of Nikumaroro, also features a Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata).

 

1984


Kiribati Legends (1st series)
(SG 228)

 

12c Tabakea supporting Banaba

 

One of several legend stamps, for the island of Banaba, also features its sea turtle legend.

 

1986


GECKOS
(SG 261-264)

15c Lepidodactylus lugubris
40c Gehyra mutilata
50c Hemidactylus frenatus
60c Gehyra oceanica

 

 
Name on stamp
Current name
Accepted common name
15c
Lepidodactylus lugubris
Lepidodactylus lugubris
Mourning gecko
35c
Gehyra mutilata
Gehyra mutilata
Mutilated gecko
40c
Hemidactylus frenatus
Hemidactylus frenatus
Indo-Pacific house gecko
60c
Gehyra oceanica
Gehyra oceanica
Oceanic skink

A striking series of four stamps featuring the geckos of Kiribati.

1987


SKINKS
(SG 274-277)

15c Emoia nigra
35c Cryptoblepharus sp.
40c Emoia cyanura
$1Lipinia noctua

(MS 278)

15c Emoia nigra
35c Cryptoblepharus sp.
40c Emoia cyanura
$1 Lipinia noctua

 

 
Name on stamp
Current name
Accepted common name
15c
Emoia nigra
Emoia nigra
Black skink
40c
Cryptoblepharus sp.
Cryptoblepharus poecilopleurus
Mottled snake-eyed skink
50c
Emoia cyanura
Emoia cyanura
Blue-tailed skink
60c
Lipinia noctua
Lipinia noctua
Moth skink

A complimentary set of four stamps and a minisheet featuring the skinks of Kiribati.

 

1995

PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT
(SG 498)

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One of four stamps also features a Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas).

 

JAKARTA 1995 STAMP EXHIBITION
(SG 502)

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The same stamp as above, over-printed for the Jakarta '95 stamp exhibition.

 

 

 

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