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Image of the Save Vanishing Species semipostal stamp, depicting an Amur tiger cub
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  Video still of poached elephant ivory from African elephant conservation video.

   Rhinoceros and Tiger
   Video still of young tiger jumping off a log from Rhino Tiger video.

  Great Ape
  Video still of a great ape's hand and foot from the Great Ape video

  Asian Elephant
  Video still of an Asian elephant herd from Asian Elephant video.
  Marine Turtle
   Video still of two marine turtle puppets from Marine Turtle video.

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Stamp Out Extinction

The U.S. Postal Service has issued a special semipostal stamp to benefit elephants, rhinoceros, tigers, great apes, and marine turtles under the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (USFWS) Wildlife Without Borders Multinational Species Conservation Funds (MSCF).


Only the fourth of its kind, this stamp is now available in post offices nationwide and will remain on sale for at least two years.


President Obama signed the Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act into law in 2010, providing an opportunity for the public to support USFWS’ mission to save imperiled species globally.


Proceeds from stamp sales will support conservation efforts directed at targeted endangered species worldwide that are of great importance to the American public.

Vanishing Species Success Stories

Adult tiger in a Thai forest, Credit WCS Thailand Tiger

Adult African elephant bull, Credit Joe Milmoe/USFWS African Elephant

Adult African rhino in the savannah, Credit: Michelle Gadd/USFWS Rhino

Asian pygmy elephant at watering hole, Credit: Raymond Alfred Asian Elephant

Adult silverback gorilla browsing, Credit: Richard Ruggiero/USFWS Great Ape

Large Kemp's ridley turtle on a beach, Credit: USFWS Marine Turtle

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Image of the first page of the Semipostal Stamp fact sheet    Image of the first page of the Rhino Tiger Conservation Fund fact sheet

 

Image of the first page of the African Elephant Conservation Fund fact sheet    Image of the first page of the Great Ape Conservation Fund fact sheet

 

Image of the first page of the Asian Elephant Conservation Fund fact sheet    Image of the first page of the 2006-2011 Marine Turtle Report

 

Image of the first page of the Marine Turtle Conservation Fund fact sheet    Image of the first page of the 2011 funding fact sheet