Insect Stamp of Portogal Azores

The Portuguese Azores Islands are islands which appear on the Atlantic Ocean in 1500km of east in Portugal, and came sure enough the role important as a relay ground which connects the old continent and a new continent at Great Navigation Age.
Four kinds of insect stamps were respectively issued from these Azores Islands in 1984 and 1985.

Portogal Azores
1984.9.3 Insect Stamp
Scott:345 Scott:346 Scott:347 Scott:348
Large Garden Bumble Bee
Megabombus ruderatus
(Anthophoridae)
Large Cabbage White Butterfly
Pieris brassicae
(Pieridae)
Leaf Beetle
Chrysomela banksi
(Chrysomelidae)
Moth
Phlogophora interrupta
(Noctuidae)


1985.2.13 Insect Stamp
Scott:349 Scott:350 Scott:351 Scott:352
Leaf Beetle
Polyspilla polyspilla
(Chrysomelidae)
Hover Fly
Sphaerophoria nigra
(Syrphidae)
Clouded Yellow Butterfly
Colias crocea
(Pieridae)
Azores Grayling Butterfly
Hipparchia azorina
(Satyridae)


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