| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Date of Issue | May 23, 2019 |
| Year | 2019 |
| Quantity | 1,075,000 |
| Denomination |
 PERMANENT™ (P).Current monetary value: $0.92. |
| Perforation or Dimension | 34.87 mm x 34.11 mm |
| Series | Endangered Turtles |
| Series Time Span | 2019 |
| Postal Administration | Canada |
| Condition | Name | Avg Value |
|---|---|---|
|
M-NH-VF
|
Mint - Never Hinged - Very Fine | View price |
Highlight the plight of endangered turtles with this booklet of 10 PermanentTM domestic stamps. The five pairs of colourful stamps in this booklet depict the Blanding’s turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) and the spotted turtle (Clemmys guttata). Both species have been assessed as endangered by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC).
Canadian populations of Blanding’s turtles are found in Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia. This medium-sized turtle is known for the distinctive upward curve of its mouth, giving the appearance of a perpetual smile. Blanding’s turtles can also be identified by their bright yellow throat and distinctive domed shell. Found primarily in shallow waters, Blanding’s turtles also make long overland journeys, with some females travelling more than 10 kilometres during nesting season.
The spotted turtle is named for the yellow-orange spots that dot its shell, neck, head and limbs. In Canada, this semi-aquatic turtle is often found in shallow bogs, ponds, marshes and bays, as well as slow-moving streams in pockets of central and southern Ontario. One of the province’s smallest turtles, its shell measures less than 13 centimetres in length.
Habitat loss, road mortality and illegal collection are among the biggest threats facing Canada’s turtle populations today.
NOTIFICATION
Currently for pre-order only. Your item will ship on May 23rd, 2019.
Mark -World Turtle Day and highlight the threat faced by endangered turtles with this colourful souvenir sheet. This attractive collectible features two PermanentTM domestic stamps, one depicting the Blanding’s turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) and a second featuring the spotted turtle (Clemmys guttata). Text on the reverse describes interesting facts about each of the featured turtles.
Both turtle species have been assessed as endangered by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC).
Canadian populations of Blanding’s turtles are found in Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia. This medium-sized turtle is known for the distinctive upward curve of its mouth, giving the appearance of a perpetual smile. Blanding’s turtles can also be identified by their bright yellow throat and distinctive domed shell. Found primarily in shallow waters, Blanding’s turtles also make long overland journeys, with some females travelling more than 10 kilometres during nesting season.
The spotted turtle is named for the yellow-orange spots that dot its shell, neck, head and limbs. In Canada, this semi-aquatic turtle is often found in shallow bogs, ponds, marshes and bays, as well as slow-moving streams in pockets of central and southern Ontario. One of the province’s smallest turtles, its shell measures less than 13 centimetres in length.
Habitat loss, road mortality and illegal collection are among the biggest threats facing Canada’s turtle populations today.
NOTIFICATION
Currently for pre-order only. Your item will ship once it becomes available on May 23rd, 2019.
Highlight the plight of endangered turtles with this booklet of 10 PermanentTM domestic stamps. The five pairs of colourful stamps in this booklet depict the Blanding’s turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) and the spotted turtle (Clemmys guttata). Both species have been assessed as endangered by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC).
Canadian populations of Blanding’s turtles are found in Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia. This medium-sized turtle is known for the distinctive upward curve of its mouth, giving the appearance of a perpetual smile. Blanding’s turtles can also be identified by their bright yellow throat and distinctive domed shell. Found primarily in shallow waters, Blanding’s turtles also make long overland journeys, with some females travelling more than 10 kilometres during nesting season.
The spotted turtle is named for the yellow-orange spots that dot its shell, neck, head and limbs. In Canada, this semi-aquatic turtle is often found in shallow bogs, ponds, marshes and bays, as well as slow-moving streams in pockets of central and southern Ontario. One of the province’s smallest turtles, its shell measures less than 13 centimetres in length.
Habitat loss, road mortality and illegal collection are among the biggest threats facing Canada’s turtle populations today.
NOTIFICATION
Currently for pre-order only. Your item will ship once it becomes available on May 23rd, 2019.
In Canada, Blanding’s turtles (Emydoidea blandingii) live in the centre of southwestern Nova Scotia and around the Great Lakes – St. Lawrence region of Ontario and Quebec. Able to survive and reproduce well into their 80s, Blanding’s turtles are among the longest lived of their freshwater kin. However, encroaching development of their freshwater habitat, which includes ponds, marshes and the shorelines of shallow lakes and streams, puts their existence at significant risk.
With spring in full swing – and camping, canoeing and cottage life just around the corner – you might soon encounter one of Canada’s eight freshwater turtle species. These stamps showcase two species that have been assessed as endangered by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC).
Creatively presented by designer Adrian Horvath and illustrator Sarah Still, the images on these stamps blend beauty and accuracy – qualities that Still argues go hand in hand. “I’ve always enjoyed realism and highly detailed work. I believe nature already provides us with beautiful subjects. It’s my pleasure to help others see them as I do,” she says.
“I wanted these turtles to pop off the stamp,” says Horvath. The real challenge, he added, was finding a way to break the subjects out of the stamp frame in a way that worked in every application – as 10 stamps in a booklet, as a single stamp on a letter, and as a bound (se-tenant) duo on the Official First Day Cover and souvenir sheet.
According to COSEWIC, habitat loss, road mortality and illegal collection are among the biggest threats to the two species featured on these stamps. Since turtles are exceptionally long-living creatures that breed as slowly as they move, the loss of even a single adult is devastating.
“I want people to be in awe of these beautiful creatures – and to enjoy the playfulness of the stamps,” says Horvath. “I hope this stamp issue inspires people to find out what they can to help these species flourish and to preserve their habitat.”