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500th Anniversary of Discovery of America issue of Turks & Caicos Islands

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Short desc: 500th Anniversary of Discovery of America

Issuer: Turks & Caicos Islands
Date: 1/21/1988
Occasion: discovery of America
Number/Year: 500


Consists of 5 stamps: (See stamps as list)

4c d="Santa Maria"
25c d=Columbus (1988)
70c d="Santa Maria"
$1 d=Landing October 16 1492
$2 d="Santa Maria", "Pinta" and "Nina"

All are wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=14

Issues with this name: Barbuda, Bhutan (1992), Cambodia (1991), Cameroun (1992), Cape Verde (1992), Colombia (1992), Costa Rica (1987), Dominica (1987), Dominican Republic (1991), French Southern & Antarctic Territories (1992), Gabon (1992), Gambia (1993), Grenada (1987), Grenada Grenadines (1987), Guatemala (1992), Korea (1992), North Korea, Maldive Islands (1993), Morocco (1992), Nevis (1986), Nicaragua (1987), Niger (1992), Norfolk Island (1992), Panama (1992), Paraguay (1992), Penrhyn (1992), Philippines (1992), Russia (1992), St. Pierre & Miquelon (1992), St. Thomas & Prince Islands (1991), El Salvador (1991), Samoa (1992), Senegal (1991), Sierra Leone (1993), Tanzania (1990), Tonga (1992), Turks & Caicos Islands, Uganda (1992), Venezuela (1992), Vietnam (1991)


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