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Cowrie shell

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Name: Cowrie shell
Type: mollusc


Appearing in designs:
boy holding Cowrie shell Belize 3/15/1980 $2 issue=International Year of the Child
Cowrie shell (2 stamps, Guernsey & Maldive Islands, 2003-2016)

Appearing in design types:
Cowrie shells (1980) (4 stamps of Tuvalu, 1980)
Cowrie shells (1990 Solomon Islands) (5 stamps of Solomon Islands, 1990)
Cowrie shells (1990 Togo) (3 stamps of Togo, 1990)
Cowrie shells (2002) (10 stamps of Solomon Islands, 2002)
Cowrie shells of Kiribati (6 stamps of Kiribati, 2003)

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