WASHINGTON, May 22, 2024
/PRNewswire/ --
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What:
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The U.S. Postal Service
will celebrate the majesty of marine turtles with Protect Sea
Turtles, new stamps aimed at raising awareness of the plight of six
endangered species dependent on U.S. coastal waters.
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The first-day-of-issue
ceremony has limited free tickets available. Share the news with
hashtag #ProtectSeaTurtlesStamps.
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Who:
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David Camp, district
manager, Texas 2 District, Postal Service
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Jesse Gilbert,
president and CEO, Texas State Aquarium
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Eric Brunnemann,
superintendent, Padre Island National Seashore, National Park
Service
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Jay Bigalke, editor in
chief, Linn's Stamp News
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Jeff Fleming, deputy
regional director, southwest region, U.S Fish and Wildlife
Service
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Shannon Bettridge,
chief, Office of Protected Resources, Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle
Conservation Division, NOAA Fisheries
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When:
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June 11, 2024, at 11
a.m. CDT
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Where:
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Texas State
Aquarium
2710 N. Shoreline Blvd
Corpus Christi, TX 78402
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RSVP:
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Dedication ceremony
attendees are encouraged to register
at: usps.com/protectseaturtles
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Background:
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For more than 100
million years, the ancestors of marine turtles swam the oceans. Yet
in less than a century, exploitation and habitat destruction have
devastated their numbers. The Postal Service celebrates these
intriguing creatures with six new stamps — featuring species
dependent on U.S. coastal waters for foraging and migratory
habitats during various stages of their lives — in the hope of
raising awareness of their plight.
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All of the sea turtles
depicted on the stamps are listed as threatened or endangered under
the Endangered Species Act:
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Kemp's ridley (Doug
Perrine, photographer)
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Leatherback (Rowan
Byrne, photographer)
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Olive ridley (Solvin
Zankl, photographer)
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Green sea turtle (David
B. Fleetham, photographer)
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Loggerhead (James D.
Watt, photographer)
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Hawksbill (Claudio
Contreras, photographer)
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Derry Noyes, an art
director for USPS, designed the stamps using existing photographs.
The Postal Service printed 27 million Protect Sea Turtles
stamps.
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Postal Products
Customers may purchase stamps and other philatelic products
through the Postal Store at usps.com/shopstamps, by
calling 844-737-7826, by mail through USA Philatelic or at Post Office locations
nationwide. For officially licensed stamp products, shop the
USPS Officially Licensed Collection on Amazon. Additional
information on stamps, First Day of Issue Ceremonies and stamp
inspired products can be found at StampsForever.com.
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National contact: David
Coleman
Cell: 202-425-1476
david.p.coleman@usps.gov
Local contact: Kanickewa 'Nikki' Johnson
Kanickewa.P.Johnson@usps.gov
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