SEA TURTLE POSTAGE STAMPS
of the WORLD
Compiled by Nancy
B. Linsley and George H. Balazs 
Note: This site has been on the WWW since November 12, 1996,
solely for the enjoyment of other collectors and sea turtle enthusiasts.
Last
Updated on 20 April, 2025
* * * We're not dealers .... no stamps are sold here * * *
Our thanks to Dr. Frank Wisskirchen and Bernard Boussac
for their ongoing help providing Michel and Yvert catalog numbers.
In early 1980, Dr. Archie Carr, in
a letter to the U.S. Postmaster General, requested
consideration of commemorative sea turtle stamps
Now, 50 years after the first sea turtles were protected under the newly-enacted
U.S. Endangered Species Act of 1973, and many decades after Dr. Carr's initial letter,
it has finally happened, due to the professional persistence of
Barbara Schroeder (NOAA National Sea Turtle Coordinator Retired)
This beautiful commemorative "Protect Sea Turtles" set featuring the six sea turtle species
found in U.S. waters (and a hawksbill turtle in the sheet's selvedge), was issued by the
U.S. Postal Service on 11 June, 2024. They have been assigned Scott Catalog numbers 5865-5870.
Depending on what you like and collect,
be aware that more and more countries are
assigning their stamp production to agents
for sale to the "New Issue" and/or "Topical" trades, and these stamps are often never made available in the issuing country's post offices for its
citizens to use for postage.
There seems to be an ongoing debate as to whether these stamps, are, or should be, considered POSTAGE stamps, and who should make that decision.
For further reading ...
The Abuse of Topical Collectors
ATA Position on Illegal Stamp Issues
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Joe Leven's site
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Where to Buy
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Information? Omissions? Comments?
Azerbaijan
13 May 2024, #1408
Green turtle
Brazil
16 Sep, 2024
Green turtle in Collage
Costa Rica
4 Apr 2025
Stylized sea turtle SS border
Curaçao
7 Aug 2024
Green turtle
Ecuador
5 Sep 2024, #2257
Hawksbill turtle
French Southern & Antarctic Territories (TAAF)
2 Jan 2024, #710
Stylized hawksbill turtle
Gibraltar
25 Apr 2024, #1912, 1913a
Italy
9 May 2024
Green turtle
Namibia
14 June, 2024
Die-cut Sea Turtle SS
Netherlands
10 June, 2024
Marine Life of Bonaire
Surinam
4 Sep, 2024
Die-ut Sea Turtle SS
Jointly Issued by Antigua & Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Kitts & Nevis and St. Vincent & The Grenadines commemorating 40th Anniversary of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union
19 July, 2024
