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1979 issue of Virgin Islands

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  • Colnect-3075-072-Pencil-Urchin-Eucidaris-tribuloides.jpg
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  • Colnect-3075-074-Christmas-Tree-Worms-Spirobranchus-giganteus.jpg
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  • Colnect-3075-076-Spider-Crab-Mithrax-forceps.jpg
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Short desc: 1979

Issuer: Virgin Islands
Dates: 12/17/1979 - 8/17/1982


Consists of 18 stamps: (See stamps as list)

4/1/1980 1/2c d=Udotea wmk=crown & CA spiral
4/1/1980 1c d=Condylactis passiflora wmk=crown & CA spiral
4/1/1980 3c d=Oreaster reticulatus (1979) wmk=crown & CA spiral
5c d=Eucidaris tribuloides wmk=crown & CA spiral
8c d=Charonia tritonis variegata wmk=crown & CA spiral
10c d=Spirobranchus giganteus (1979) wmk=crown & CA spiral
4/1/1980 13c d=Cyphoma gibbosum (1979) wmk=crown & CA spiral
15c d=Mithrax forceps wmk=mult crown & script CA
8/17/1982 15c d=Mithrax forceps var=1982 wmk=mult crown & script CA
4/1/1980 18c d=Clavelina wmk=crown & CA spiral
20c d=Fasciolaria tulipa (1979) wmk=mult crown & script CA
25c d=Strombus gallus (1979) wmk=mult crown & script CA
4/1/1980 30c d=Strombus pugilis (1979) wmk=crown & CA spiral
4/1/1980 60c d=Aratus pisonii wmk=crown & CA spiral
4/1/1980 $1 d=Tubastrea wmk=crown & CA spiral
$2.50 d=Rhynchocinetes rigens (1979) wmk=mult crown & script CA
$3 d=Chicoreus brevifrons wmk=mult crown & script CA
4/1/1980 $5 d=Rhodactis sanctithomae wmk=crown & CA spiral

All are dt=marine life (1979 Virgin Islands)

Issues with this name: Bangladesh, Barbados, Chile, China, ROC, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Costa Rica, Denmark, Fiji, Finland, Germany, Berlin, Guernsey, India (1983), Italy, Jamaica, Kiribati, Libya, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Qatar, St. Vincent, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Turkey, Tuvalu, United Nations, UN offices in Vienna, Uruguay, Virgin Islands


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