see Cook Islands
PENRHYN ISLAND

part of the Cook Islands but issuing separate stamps

1995


YEAR OF THE SEA TURTLE
(SG 517-520)

 

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$1.15 Loggerhead turtle
Caretta caretta
$1.15 Hawksbill turtle
Eretmochelys imbricata
$1.65 Olive Ridley turtle
Lepidochelys olivacea
$1.65 Green turtle
Chelonia mydas

 

 
Name on stamp
Current name
Accepted common name
$1.15
Caretta caretta
Caretta caretta
Loggerhead sea turtle
$1.15

Eretmochelys imbricata

Eretmochelys imbricata
Hawksbill sea turtle
$1.65
Lepidochelys olivacea
Lepidochelys olivacea
Olive Ridley sea turtle
$1.65
Chelonia mydas
Chelonia mydas
Green sea turtle

Four stamps featuring the sea turtle species found in and around Penrhyn Island in the Cook Islands.