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.
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"ABOUT THIS SITE".
It provides background information about the site and discusses our listing criteria and sea turtle stamps in general.
* = turtle in margin of S/S,
not on stamp itself
** =
"cinderella", not accepted
as postage by any official
government postal agency
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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
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Marine Turtle Newsletter Online
NMFS Sea Turtles Section
Turtle Trax - A Sea Turtle Page
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Turtle Phonecard Catalog
Turtles & Tortoises on Stamps
Turtles on Coins & Papermoney
Turtles on Meter Stamps (Italian)
"Die Zähne der Schildkröten" (German)
Stamp-related Sites
Ask Phil [Stamp] Resource Library
Stamp Today
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Stampshows Worldwide
Dealers
Bombay Philatelic, Inc. (USA)
Coolstamps (USA)
County Stamp Center (USA)
Topicals Philatelic Center (Hong Kong)
Information? Omissions? Comments?
Updated June 15, 2008
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Angola
2007, Sheet with loggerhead, green, hawksbill
and olive ridley turtles
2007, Leatherback in S/S with a leatherback, a loggerhead,
and a green turtle in border
Both sheets more likely issued in April 2008
Ascension
5 Feb 2008, #928
Green turtle, and nest chamber
British Indian Ocean Territory
30 Jan 2008
Green turtle in border of damselfish sheet
Cayman Islands
5 Feb 2008, #1010a - 1016a
Sea turtle silhouettes on 6 "Hello" stamps in 6-pane Greetings set;
20¢, 25¢, 50¢, 75¢, 80¢ and $1 denominations;
also in booklet in 20¢ self-adhesive version
China (Taiwan)
3 Apr 2008
Sheets with circular stamps of cartoon sea turtles from "Finding Nemo"
Congo Democratic Republic
2007
Green turtle in Turtles sheet; probably cinderella
Greece
28 Feb 2008, Loggerhead turtle
Guinea
2007, Sheets & S/S's with green and hawksbill turtles
Mozambique
2007, Sheet & S/S with flatback, hawksbill, olive ridley, loggerhead,
and green turtles; small sea turtle on map of Africa on each stamp.
This map with small turtle is also present on each single stamp
in the following items:
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Lagartos (lizards) sheet of 6 and S/S
Cobras sheet of 6 and S/S
Peixes Venenosos (venomous fish) sheet of 6 and S/S
Rãs (frogs) sheet of 6 and S/S
Crustacios sheet of 6 and Faune Submarino S/S
St. Thomas & Prince Islands
2005, Green turtle in border of 9 cinderella "Animals do Mundo" S/S,
each stamp denominated Dbs 7000 and with a Rotary or Lion's Club logo.
Green turtles in border of Owls S/S
Tokelau
9 Dec,2007, Two green turtles
Wallis & Futuna
2008, Swimming sea turtle in coral reefs stamp