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.
* * * 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.
A B
C D E
F G H
I J K
L M N
O P Q R
S T U
V W X Y
Z
The species pages are no longer being
updated from early 2012 forward.
Please check the New Issues by Year
pages below starting with 2012 to find
new stamps of your favorite species,
which will be identified if known.
Caretta caretta (Loggerhead)
Chelonia mydas (Green)
Dermochelys coriacea (Leatherback)
Eretmochelys imbricata (Hawksbill)
Lepidochelys kempii (Kemp's ridley)
Lepidochelys olivacea (Olive ridley)
Natator depressus (Flatback)
Prehistoric sea turtles
Sea Turtle Sites
EuroTurtle
Caribbean Conservation Corp.
Marine Turtle Newsletter Online
NMFS Sea Turtles Section
SWOT - The State of the World's
Sea Turtles
Collections
Sea Turtle Phonecards
Turtles & Tortoises on Stamps
Stopped in mid-2012 upon the death
of Don Riemer
Turtle & Tortoise Stamp Collecting
Joe Leven's site, which he calls a
"partial successor" to Don's
Turtles on Meter Stamps (Italian)
Stamp-related Sites
Linn's Stamp News
Stampshows Worldwide
Where to Buy
Bombay Philatelic, Inc.
eBay
Collect 4 All
Delcampe
Marlen Stamps & Coins
County Stamp Center
Information? Omissions? Comments?
Up to Date as of September 10, 2013
(Click here if thumbnail links don't work)
Australia
20 Aug, 2013
Green Turtle
Self-adhesive
Bosnia-Herzegovina
20 Jun, 2013
2013 Mediterranean Games Logo
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
(Australia)
5 Jun, 2013
French Polynesia
7 Jun, 2013
Green turtles, "Faune Marine de Polynésie"
French Southern and Antarctic Territories
29 Apr, 2013
Guyana
3 Apr, 2013
New Caledonia
8 Mar, 2013
"Zones des Recifs d'Entrecasteaux"
8 Jun, 2013
8 Jun, 2013, "Le Lagon Calédonien"
St. Vincent & Grenadines
28 Feb, 2013
#3843a, Hawksbill
#1344, Hawksbill
Solomon Islands
10 May, 2013
Tonga
21 Feb, 2013
The stamps and SSs below are from photos
of captive hawksbill turtles taken at the
Nat'l Cultural Center at Nuku'alofa, where
they are kept in a natural habitat - green
turtles are pictured in both SS borders
#1197a-d and #1198a-d
#1199 with stamps 1199a-d which differ
from stamps in strip by not having solid
white borders
#1200 with stamps 1200a-d which differ
from stamps in strip by not having solid
white borders
Turkey
June, 2013
2013 Mediterranean Games Logo
Wallis & Futuna Islands
17 Jan, 2013
"Jardin de l'Océan" by Lavemai Polelei