Turtle Stamps

Malaysia
Visit Malaysia
January 1, 1994
Set of four, one stamp depicts marine life including a green sea turtle.

Cyprus
Natura 2000 Network Sites
July 8, 2021
Set of four, one stamp depicts Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) from Poseidonia.

This September 29, 1993 $19 stamp (Sc #2923) of Republic of China (Taiwan) was issued as a part of its "Lucky (Mythical) Animals" series. Stamp depicts "The Black Tortoise', and the photograph shows a Southern Dynasties brick relief of it.

From wikipedia, "The Black Tortoise or Black Turtle, known in Chinese as 'Xuanwu', is one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations. Despite its English name, It is usually depicted as a turtle entwined together with a snake...It represents the north and the winter season."

Here is the 1.50 piastres value (Sc #29 from South Viet Nam's July 20, 1955 three-stamp set commemorating the sixth anniversary of the 1949 Geneva Conventions. Stamp shows a talismanic turtle somewhat like the one shown in the last posting.

From itourvn.com, "In four mythical creatures in Vietnamese cultures, the turtle is the only real animal. As a long-lived amphibian reptile, the turtle has the ability to survive without food for a long time. Thus, they represent longevity and spiritual strength...Turtle (Quy) also symbolize immortal intelligence."

Hawksbill turtle and Green turtle on Christmas Island Australia stamps.
Issued on 10 August 2021.
(my 1st post- hope i'm doing it right)

June 16th was "World Sea Turtle day"
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06...se/101158016

Armenia
World Wildlife Fund
January 12, 2007
The stamp set shows Horsfield's Tortoise (Testudo horsfieldii), a threatened species of tortoise endemic to Central Asia.

Cuba 2021 Protected Areas - Queen's Garden National Park (Parque Nacional Jardines de la Reina) with the hawk's bill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata).

Cuba 2020 Turtles

Saint Helena
Jonathan the Tortoise
July 1, 2022
The stamp set celebrates the 190th birthday of Jonathan the Tortoise, a Seychelles giant tortoise. He is the oldest known living land animal.

Malaysia 2022 Endangered Wildlife
Set of four, one stamp depicts Spiny Terrapin (Heosemys spinosa).

Madeira (Portugal)
EUROPA - Endangered National Wildlife
May 7, 2021
Set of two, one stamp depicts Caretta caretta.