Country/Date Scott Gibbons Michel Yvert Denom. Comments / Description

SAKHALIN
1999 -- -- -- -- 1.00
This sheet is #114 in Catalog of Local [Russian]
Stamp Issues, Part II. A sea turtle resembling a
leatherback is on stamp 'g' - the creature in
front of it biting the snake is likely a placodont,
which is not a sea turtle ancestor

SALVADOR, el
20 Mar, 1981 C488 1665 1343 PA464 60
Hawksbill
17 Dec, 1996 1455d 2361 2044 1302 $1
Hawksbill

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SAMOA (Western)
18 Jun, 1973 378a 399a 284 323 $2
Green turtle
14 Apr, 1978 471 507 371 409 $1
Hawksbill
24 Aug, 1995 895 966 812 818 70 sene
Leatherback
24 Aug, 1995 896 967 813 819 90 sene
Loggerhead
24 Aug, 1995 897 968 814 820 $1
Green turtle
24 Aug, 1995 898 969 815 821 $4
Olive ridley
19 Mar, 2003 1033 1118 972 955 25
3 stylized sea turtles
28 Sep, 2005 1073 1161 1014 994 90s
2 stylized sea turtles from legend;
"Fonuea and Salofa escape famine"
10 Jan, 2014 1176 1258 1153 1153 $9
Threatened Species II; Eretmochelys imbricata
23 Jul, 2014 O22 -- D22 S22 $9
10 Jan issue overprinted
29 Aug, 2014 1182b 1289 1187 1122 50
Loggerhead hatchlings; part of set issued for UN
Pacific SIDS (Small Island Developing States)
6 Mar, 2015 1206b 1331 1231 1159 $12.50
Stylized green turtle in se-tenant triptych
"Threatened Species"
27 Dec, 2016 1270 1426 1348 1247 50s
WWF - hawskbill turtle
27 Dec, 2016 1271 1427 1349 1248 $2
WWF - hawksbill turtle
27 Dec, 2016 1272 1428 1350 1249 $2.70
WWF - hawksbill turtle
27 Dec, 2016 1273 1429 1351 1250 $5
WWF - hawksbill turtle
27 Dec, 2016 1274a-d MS 1430 1352-55 1251-54 --
WWF - block of 4 hawksbill stamps
without white margins
27 Dec, 2016 -- -- 1352-5 Kb -- --
WWF MS with 2 copies each of the above stamps,
and a hawksbill turtle in the sheet border
Apr 2018 1289 1376 50s on 90s
50s surcharge on Scott #1073

SARAWAK
1 Oct, 1957 204 195 195 196 15
2 stylized sea turtles
17 Aug, 1965 220 209 209 210 15
Identical to #204 but watermarks show
a different style of crown and print lettering
rather than script; #204's watermark;
#220's watermark

SENEGAL
31 Jan, 1981 543 731 743 549 85fr
Loggerhead
31 Jan, 1981 545c MS733 747,
Block 40		 BF24 125fr
#543 in SS
31 Jan, 1991 915 1090 1117 895 60f
C. mydas
31 Jan, 1991 -- -- -- -- 60f
#915 in deluxe SS
9 Oct, 1999 1413 1599 1814 1515 320f
Leatherback
16 Jul, 2003 1545 1732 2028 1695 400F
5 C. mydas visible including emerging hatchling
15 Nov, 2014 1719 1879 2219 2221 100f
Stylized loggerhead, Lake R tba (Pink Lake) -
from Lakes & Streams set

SEYCHELLES
6 Feb, 1978 389 405B 395 I 373 10
Hawksbill
16 Oct, 1978 420 436 425 404 5r
Incorrect number of scutes for C. mydas
14 Mar, 1980 389a -- 395 II.I 435 10
#389 reissued with 1979 at bottom
1982 389c -- 395 II.III 517B 10
#389 reissued with 1982 at bottom
1988 389d -- 395 II.IV 679 10
#389 reissued with 1988 at bottom
22 Apr, 1988 638 687 657 647 R2
Green turtle hatchlings
22 Apr, 1988 639 688 658 648 R2
Green turtle hatchlings
22 Apr, 1988 640 689 659 649 R3
Green turtle
22 Apr, 1988 641 690 660 650 R3
Green turtle
30 Nov, 1998 803f 889 834 833 R2
Hawksbill
9 Oct, 2014 904 1004 943 939 R50
Joint issue with 6 SW Indian Ocean island nations:
Comoros, France (R union), Madagascar,
Mauritius, Seychelles & the French Southern
and Antarctic Territories (TAAF)

SIERRA LEONE
4 Sep, 1995 1799c 2349 2393 1949 Le 300
Hawksbill turtle
22 Feb, 1999 2160l 2989 3124 2601M Le 400
Loggerhead turtle
22 Feb, 1999 2165 MS3010c 3145,
Block407		 BF 419 Le 3000
Leatherback turtle in SS; loggerhead
and green turtles in border
30 Sep, 2009 2947 MS4664 5260,
Block636		 BF 621 Le 8000
4 sea turtle silhouettes & globe; same
logo as Italy #2947
22 May, 2015 3260 -- 5962-7 5065-70 Le 4300
C. mydas (misidentified as C. caretta), D. coriacea
& L. olivacea on stamps 'b', 'c' and 'd' in 'Fauna of
West Africa, Turtles' sheet
22 May, 2015 3298 -- 5969,
Block 721		 BF 728 Le 14000
C. mydas in 'Fauna of West Africa, Turtles' SS
21 Aug, 2015 3400 -- 6369 5263 Le 5500
D. coriacea on stamp in 'Endangered Species' sheet
28 Jan, 2016 3606 -- 6823 5861 Le 6000
C. mydas (misidentified as E. imbricata) on one
stamp in 'Turtles' MS
28 Jan, 2016 3626 -- 6827,
Block 897		 BF 880 Le 24000
D. coriacea hatchling in SS;
E. imbricata in sheet border
25 Mar, 2016 3683 -- 7043-6 5817-20 Le 6000
1 E. imbricata and 3 C. mydas stamps in
'Marine Life, Turtles' MS; 2 C. mydas in sheet
border misidentified as E. imbricata
25 Mar, 2016 3703 -- 7047,
Block 941		 BF 914 Le 24000
2 C. mydas in 'Marine Life, Turtles' SS,
with 3 more in SS border
29 Dec, 2016 4081 -- 7947,
Block 1121		 BF 1103 Le 24000
2 C. caretta in 'Turtles' SS; D. coriacea
and 2 L. olivacea in SS border
30 Mar, 2017 4179 -- 8260,2,3 6773.5.6 Le 9800
'Turtles' MS with E. imbricata, D. coriacea and
C. mydas on stamps in 'a', 'c' and 'd' positions;
4 sea turtle drawings in border
30 Mar, 2017 4198 -- 8264,
Block 1181		 BF 1153 Le 40000
C. mydas in 'Turtles' SS; C. caretta, C. mydas
and 2 sea turtle drawings in SS border
30 Jun, 2017 4355 -- 8550,1,3 7025.6.8 Le 9800
'Turtles' MS with C. mydas, D. coriacea and
C. caretta on stamps in 'a', 'b' and 'd' positions
30 Jun, 2017 4375 -- 8554,
Block 1239		 BF 1215 Le 40000
L. olivacea in 'Turtles' SS; D. coriacea and
2 C. caretta in SS border
29 Sep, 2017 4482 -- 8884,
Block 1305		 BF 1276 --
Protostega (prehistoric sea turtle) in SS
27 Apr, 2018 4750b -- 9565 7830 Le 9800
C. mydas (misidentified as E. imbricata) on one
stamp in 'Endangered Species' sheet
27 Apr, 2018 4769 -- 9568,
Block 1441		 BF 1415 --
E. imbricata in border of 'Endangered Species' SS
29 Jun, 2018 4860 -- 9758,
Block 1479		 BF 1464 Le 40000
L. olivacea in 'Turtles' SS
30 Oct, 2018 5027 -- 10309,
Block 1570		 BF 1545 Le 40000
2 C. mydas in 'Turtles' SS
27 Feb, 2019 5216 -- 10739-42 8707-10 --
E. imbricata in border of 'Turtles' MS
27 Feb, 2019 5229 -- Block 1659 BF 1637 Le 50000
C. mydas in 'Turtles' SS; E. imbricata in SS border
28 Mar, 2019 5272a -- 10905 8754 Le 9200
Anguilla Scott #537 from 2010 on stamp in
'Fauna on Stamps A-Z' sheet
28 Mar, 2019 5281 -- Block 1693 BF 1652 Le 15000
Anguilla Scott #540 from 2010 in A-shaped
'Fauna on Stamps A-Z' SS
30 Dec, 2019 -- 9531 Le 12500
D. coriacea on stamp 'c' in 'Turtles' MS
12 Jun, 2020 -- (9885-8) --
2 sea turtle silhouettes in bottom border
of Darwin MS
12 Jun, 2020 -- BF 1957 --
Sea turtle silhouette in upper border of Darwin SS
15 Jul, 2020 -- 10357 Le 14500
C. mydas on stamp 'c' in 'Endangered
Water Animals' MS
23 Jun, 2022 -- Le 15000
Stylized E. imbricata in "Turtles & Tortoises" sheet
16 Jan, 2023 Le 29
Leatherback hatchling on beach in Turtles sheet
16 Jan, 2023 --
2 C. mydas swimming in border of Turtles SS
20 Mar, 2023 --
Hawksbill turtle on label of Endangered Species
sheet, not on actual stamp
25 May, 2023 Le 18
Archelon ischyros on one stamp in
"Prehistoric Water Animals" set

SINGAPORE
13 Oct, 1999 909 1006 960 919 None
Green turtle (bears No-Value Indicator; valued
at the prevailing postage up to the basic weight-
step for local mail); also available in booklet
11 Aug, 2000 947f -- 1011-14 -- --
VERY large S/S "Care for Nature"
sheet which includes #909
2007 (1059h) (1287) (1228) (1168) Local
"Squirt" in border of personalized
"Finding Nemo" sheet; "Togetherness"
stamp was issued 25 June 2003
17 Oct, 2007 1280a 1738 1749 1594 $1.10
Hawksbill turtle with 3 remoras attached
8 Apr, 2015 1726 2263 2323 2091 $1.30
Leatherback drawing,
LKC Nat'l History Museum set
25 May, 2016 1775 2319 2146 2146 2nd
Stylized green turtle,
Myths & Legends, Kusu Island
25 May, 2016 1777 2320 2387 2148 50
Stylized green turtle,
Myths & Legends, Kusu Island

SINT MAARTEN
20 Jul, 2018 185a 482 436 100¢
Ocean Life - Green turtle
4 Jul, 2021 193f 514 190¢
Underwater World Sint Maarten - Chelonia mydas
2 May, 2022 200e 564 95c
Green turtle swimming in stamp 'f' of
"The Friendly Island" sheet
5 May, 2022 202a-h 575-82 95c
Sheet of 8 beautiful Chelonia mydas stamps

SLOVENIA
27 Sep, 2013 1008 1070 1026 856 €0,92
Chelonia mydas; stamp is coated with sea salt
from the Adriatic Sea


SOLOMON ISLANDS
5 Nov, 1958 105 96 97 94 1
The Solomon Islands' pre-independence
Coat of Arms had one sea turtle
15 Jun, 1970 208 195 195 189 18
Coat of Arms (pre-independence)
16 Dec, 1974 276 262 263 257 4
#208 on stamp

16 Dec, 1974 279 265 266 260 35
#208 on stamp
16 Dec, 1974 279a MS266 Block 2 BF 2 --
S/S with #276 & 279
7 Jul, 1978 372 363 360 354 45
After independence, the new Solomon Islands
Coat of Arms has 2 sea turtles
16 Aug, 1979 395 386 383 377 35
#372 on stamp
1 Jul, 1982 471 467 466 456 12
Commemorates the 21st birthday
of the Princess of Wales
20 Sep, 1982 412a 403a 470 460 $10
Hawksbill
5 Jan, 1983 489 485 485 475 18
Leatherback
5 Jan, 1983 490 486 486 476 35
Loggerhead
5 Jan, 1983 491 487 487 477 45
Olive ridley
5 Jan, 1983 492 488 488 478 50
Green turtle
2 Jul, 1988 616 624 681 652 80
Sea turtles in Coat of Arms
just barely visible
29 Sep, 1997 853 894 948 898 50
Green turtle
29 Sep, 1997 854 895 949 899 90
Green turtle hatchlings
29 Sep, 1997 855 896 950 890 $1.50
Juvenile green turtles
29 Sep, 1997 856 897 951 891 $2
Green turtles
7 Jul, 1998 872 MS921 980,
Block 53		 BF 52 $4
Coat of Arms in SS border
2 Jul, 1999 874d 927 986 929 $1
Loggerhead misidentified as a green turtle;
issued for PhilexFrance
20 May, 2000 894 MS964 1024,
Block 60		 BF 58 $6
Coat of Arms in SS border
6 Feb, 2002 935 MS1006 Block 66 BF 62 --
Coat of Arms in SS border
30 Apr, 2006 1045a & b 1173 & 74 1294 & 95 1174 & 5 $2.50
Green turtle
5 Jun, 2012 1145 -- (1545) BF 92 --
Sea turtle in Coat of Arms
5 Jun, 2012 1165a-e -- 1476-80 1343-47,
BF 102		 Var.
Two sheets combined; C. mydas on stamp 'a',
E. imbricata on stamp 'b', C. caretta on stamp 'c',
L. olivacea on stamp 'd' & D. coriacea on stamp 'e'
10 May, 2013 1333a -- 1960 1679 $7
Chelonia mydas
22 Nov, 2013 1433a-d -- 2157-60 1888-91 $7
E. imbricata on stamp 'a', C. mydas on stamp 'b',
D. coriacea on stamp 'c' & L. olivacea on stamp 'd'
22 Nov, 2013 1451 -- 2161,
Block 213		 BF 223 $35
Juvenile E. imbricata on stamp (misidentified
as C. caretta), and 2 C. mydas in border
(1 misidentified as E. imbricata)
10 Mar, 2014 1547d -- 2445 2091 $7
Chelonia mydas in stamp "d"
3 Jul, 2014 1575d -- 2590 2179 $7
Leatherback turtle in stamp "d"
25 Aug, 2014 1623 -- 2617-20 2268-71 --
Stylized E. imbricata
28 Nov, 2014 1699a-d -- 2822-25 2428-31 $7
4 sea turtle stamps in Turtles MS; C. mydas,
L. kempii, E. imbricata & C. caretta;
2 E. imbricata in sheet border
28 Nov, 2014 1719 -- 2826,
Block 346		 BF 358 $35
C.mydas (misidentified as L. olivacea) in SS
with 2 C. mydas in border
20 Dec, 2014 1738d -- 2935 2479 $5
C. caretta on stamp in 'Endangered Animals' MS
20 Dec, 2014 1755 -- 2911,
Block 363		 BF 375 $24
E. imbricata in 'Reptiles' SS
24 May, 2015 1766d -- 2995 2563 $5
Green turtle in 'Protected Species of Taiwan' MS
issued for 30th Asian Int'l Stamp Exhibition
26 Jun, 2015 1818c & d -- 3119 & 20 2642 & 3 $12
2 C. mydas stamps in 'Turtles' sheet, each
with 2 turtles; one stamp misidentifies the turtle
as C. caretta
26 Jun, 2015 1838 -- 3121,
Block 405		 BF 411 $40
E. imbricata in SS; small L. olivacea in sheet border
25 Sep, 2015 1893a-d -- 3307-10 2804-7 $12
4 sea turtle stamps in 'Turtles' sheet, C. mydas,
E. imbricata, C. caretta (2) and L. olivacea (2)
25 Sep, 2015 1913 -- 3311,
Block 443		 BF 452 $40
L. olivacea in SS; 2 C. mydas in sheet border
30 Nov, 2015 1937d -- 3417 2936 $7
2 tiny sea turtles in Solomon Islands Coat of Arms
in stamp 'd'; sheet commemorates 30th
Anniversary of United Nations
13 May, 2016 1993a-d -- 3456-9 3045-8 $7
4 sea turtle stamps in 'Turtles' sheet, 2 C. mydas
and 2 E. imbricata; stamp ID'd as C. caretta
actually shows a hawksbill; many different turtle
drawings also in sheet border
13 May, 2016 2018 -- 3550,
Block 490		 BF 510 $35
C. caretta in 'Turtles' SS with C. mydas
(incorrectly identified as C. caretta) in SS border;
many different turtle drawings also in sheet border
1 Dec, 2016 2156 -- 3890,
Block 558		 BF 566 $40
D. coriacea in 'Turtles' SS with turtle ID'd
as L. olivacea in SS border
12 Dec, 2016 2205 -- Block 579 BF 605 $40
C. caretta in border of 'Australian
Endangered Species' SS
4/12/2017 2233 4271 3650 $10
E. imbricata in 'Critically Endangered Species' sheet
15 May, 2017 2298 -- 4436-9 3769-72 $10
4 sea turtle stamps in 'Turtles' sheet; D. coriacea,
2 C. mydas stamps, and E. imbricata with
2 turtles on stamp
15 May, 2017 2313 -- 4440,
Block 639		 BF 654 $40
C. mydas in SS, misidentified as E. imbricata;
2 other green turtles in SS border

SOMALIA: Counterfeit Stamps

SOUTH AFRICA
26 Aug, 1999 1145 1160 1237 1089 See descr.
"Standard Postage" = R1.20; Loggerhead
4 Nov, 2001 1275b 1368 1420 1198 R 1.40
Loggerhead

SPAIN
21 Jul, 2015 4060b 4974 4993 4698 0,55
Leatherback in Protected Fauna set

SPANISH GUINEA
23 Nov, 1954 335 393 305 361 15
Green turtle
23 Nov, 1954 B31 391 303 359 5+5
Green turtle

SRI LANKA
28 Jul, 2013 1896 2218 1542 1905 5.00
Hawksbill
28 Jul, 2013 1901a MS 2224 1550 BF 125 5.00
28 Jul, 2013 1901b Block 139I BF 128 5.00
SS with Thailand Exhibition logo
26 Jan, 2016 1999 2341 2062 2009 10Rs
Leatherback - Kumana Nat'l Park
26 Jan, 2016 2004a MS 2347 Block 157 BF 144 --
Leatherback on stamp in Kumana Nat'l Park MS
27 May, 2016 2025 2372 2087 2030 15Rs
Tiny turtle in top of numeral 5
27 Jul, 2021 2274a Block 212 BF 199 --
Stylized green turtle in border of jointly-issued
SS marking Sri Lanka's diplomatic relations
with Singapore

STAFFA

25 Oct, 1982 -- -- -- -- 1
Prehistoric archelon
Around the time this stamp was printed, the Laird
of Staffa produced stamps for visitors to the island
to use for posting mail back to the mainland, and
he would pay the postage for it to be sent on from
there. However, I don t know if this is in fact one
of those "local" stamps. Staffa came into the care
of the National Trust for Scotland in 1986, a gift
from then-owner John Elliott, Jr., and the island
was designated a National Nature Reserve in 2001

SURINAM

17 Feb, 1982 591 1064 970 842 5
Loggerhead

17 Feb, 1982 592 1065 971 843 10
Green turtle

17 Feb, 1982 593 1066 972 844 20
Leatherback

17 Feb, 1982 594 1067 973 845 25
Hawksbill

17 Feb, 1982 595 1068 974 846 35
Olive ridley
21 Mar, 2007 1353c 2220 2110 1875 0.45 srd
C. mydas

TADJIKISTAN
2024 11 TJS
Stylized sea turtle on beach labeled as
"Greek Tortoise" likely meant to represent
a loggerhead, C. caretta

TADJIKISTAN: Counterfeit Stamps
       

TANZANIA

20 Aug, 1986 330 491 339 295 10sh
Hawksbill

29 Jun, 1992 954 MS1505 1457,
Block 210		 BF 171 500/
Hawksbill

15 Jun, 1995 1411 Noted 2040,
Bloc 280		 BF 272 500/
Hawksbill

30 Jan, 1998 1670c Noted 2868 2346 250/
Hawksbill

31 Aug, 1998 1693e Noted 2974 2480 370/
Green turtle

31 Aug, 1998 1716a Noted 2983 2470 370/
Loggerhead

2 Sep, 1998 1699c Noted 3052 2452 250/
#1670c overprinted with Int'l Year
of the Ocean emblem

12 Oct, 1998 1734e Noted 3024 2527 300/
Loggerhead

9 Feb, 1999 1855 Noted 3185,
Block 429		 BF 420 1,500/
Loggerhead turtle in S/S, with
leatherback and green turtles
in border

18 Feb, 1999 1898 Noted 3244 & 3252 2798 & 2806 100/
Leatherback on stamp 'i' &
green turtle on stamp 'q'
30 Jun, 2006 2428a 2540 4378,
Block 591		 3341 600s
Green turtle stamp in "Beauty
of Zanzibar" sheet
24 Nov, 2006 2438d -- 4430,
Block 599		 3478 1000/
Green turtle stamp in "Species
of Zanzibar" S/S
15 Aug, 2008 2524 2660 4571 3610 400sh
Kasa/Green turtle
15 Aug, 2008 2528 MS2664 4577,
Block 619		 3616 600sh
Kasa/Green turtle in Marine Parks SS
25 Mar, 2014 2744a MS 2801 5192 1600/
Green Sea Turtle

TATARSTAN: Counterfeit Stamps
       

THAILAND

8 Jan, 1986 1139 1237 1155 1134 1.50b
Green turtle; 6 central scutes

8 Jan, 1986 1140 1238 1156 1135 3b
Hawksbill

8 Jan, 1986 1141 1239 1157 1136 5b
Leatherback

8 Jan, 1986 1142 1240 1158 1137 10b
Olive ridley

11 Jan, 1992 1434 1572 1460 1433 2b
Child's drawing
4 Aug, 1999 1891 2122 1939A 1880 15b
Tiny sea turtle above word "Bangkok"
15 Mar, 2001 1960b 2263 2063 1960 3b
Hawksbill
26 Oct, 2007 (2323) (2963a-j) (2599-2608) (2696-705) --
Turtle Conservation Culture at Phang Nga
Province; sheet is unlisted but a
listed sheet with no turtles is Scott 2323
16 Jun, 2010 2511b -- 2907 2708F --
Thailand sheet #1960 with each stamp
surcharged to 100 baht
9 Nov, 2019 3080 3940 3787 3538 3b
Leatherback in WWF stamp
9 Nov, 2019 Noted MS 3942 Block 376 F 3538 10b
Leatherback in sea-turtle-shaped WWF SS
18 Dec, 2023 3756 5b
One of set of 4 stamps issued for
Happy New Year 2024

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