Capital: Majuro
Population: 62,000
Languages: English, Marshallese
Currency: US Dollar
MARSHALL ISLANDS

1990


ENDANGERED TURTLE
(SG 345-348)

4x 25c Pacific green turtle, Chelonia mydas & Hawksbill turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata

 

 
Name on stamp
Current name
Accepted common name
25c
Chelonia mydas
Chelonia mydas
Green sea turtle
25c
Chelonia mydas
Chelonia mydas
Green sea turtle
25c
Eretmochelys imbricata
Eretmochelys imbricata
Hawksbill sea turtle
25c
Eretmochelys imbricata
Eretmochelys imbricata
Hawksbill sea turtle

A striking se-tenant series of four stamps featuring the Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) and Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) including an attactive view of a surfacing turtle.

 

1995


UNDERSEA WORLD
(SG 598)

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

 

2000


REEF LIFE
(SG 1394)

Reef Life
33 Green sea turtle
 
Name on stamp
Current name
Accepted common name
33c
none
Chelonia mydas
Green sea turtle

A se-tenant set of eight stamps featuring marine life, one of which is the Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas).

2002


ENDANGERED TURTLE
(SG 1624-1627)

37c Loggerhead turtle
37c Leatherback turtle
37c Hawksbill turtle 37c Green turtle

 

 
Name on stamp
Current name
Accepted common name
37c
none
Dermochelys coriacea
Loggerhead sea turtle
37c
none
Caretta caretta
Leatherback sea turtle
37c
none
Eretmochelys imbricata
Hawksbill sea turtle
37c
none
Chelonia mydas
Green sea turtle

Four additional se-tenant stamps of Marshall Island sea turtles.

 

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Marshall Island first day covers