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A hexagonal ₹5 stamp with a side view of an Aldabra giant tortoise walking.
The Aldabra Giant Tortoise
India Post issued two hexagonal stamps, ₹5 and ₹15, on 2 August 2008 on the Aldabra giant tortoise, one of the largest tortoises in the world, native to Aldabra atoll in the Seychelles. The best-known in India was Adwaita, a male that lived at the Alipore Zoological Gardens in Kolkata until his death in 2006 and was believed to be among the longest-living animals in the world. India Post’s brochure for this issue is not online, so this text draws on Wikipedia and on the stamps themselves.
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