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1968 issue of British Indian Ocean Territory

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Short desc: 1968

Issuer: British Indian Ocean Territory
Dates: 10/23/1968 - 1970


Consists of 18 stamps: (See stamps as list)

5c d=lascar
10c d=hammerhead shark
15c d=tiger shark (1968)
20c d=spotted eagle ray Aetobatus narinari
25c d=Somali Butterflyfish Chaetodon leucopleura
1970 30c d=Birgus latro (1970)
40c d=Caranx celetus
45c d=garfish
50c d=barracuda
1970 60c d=Carpilius maculatus (1970)
75c d=Clorurus Strongy
1970 85c d=Elagatis bipinnulatus
1r d=Petrochirus diogenes
1.50r d=Bolbometopon muricatum
2.25r d=Epinephelus areolatus
3.50r d=black marlin (1968 British Indian Ocean Territory)
5r d=Rhincodon typus (1968)
10r d=lionfish (1968)

All are dt=marine fauna (1968) wmk=St Edwards crown & CA

Issues with this name: Ascension, British Indian Ocean Territory, Burma, Cape Verde, China, ROC, Christmas Island, Czechoslovakia, Falkland Islands, Fiji, Finland, Gilbert & Ellice Islands, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man, Grenada, Ireland, Italy, Lesotho, Morocco, Nauru, New Hebrides (Fr), Biafra, Qatar, Russia, Ryukyu Islands, St. Helena, St. Pierre & Miquelon, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South West Africa, Syria, Turkey, West Irian, Yugoslavia


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