The industry of Malawi is mainly agriculture such as tea or a cigarette , and a landlocked country to hold the Malawi lake which is thirdly big in the African Continent. Many families of Bantu line lived and it was called Nyasaland before independence and boasted of power to circumference and was, but entered a follower as a protectorate of the U.K. in after 1891. It form Southern Rhodesia (existing Zimbabwe), Northern Rhodesia (existing Zambia) and a federation in 1953. It left a federation in 1963 and became independent as a self-government country of the Commonwealth of Nations in 1964, the following day. It shifted to republican form of government in 1966, and the vanda President who was President first generation became a Life President in 1971 and strengthened autocracy color in afterward. 1990's began, and a voice in search of democratization rose and abolished a Life President system in 1993, and a presidential election by the first political pluralism and parliamentary election were carried out since independence in 1994, and a Murr the large dictator was born.
Five kinds of butterfly stamps were issued from Malawi in 1966. This includes a high-value stamp with a face value of £2 depicting the African stonefly.
The beetle of the Ethiopian region, such as 9p Blister Beetle and 1sh6p Pumpmont Ladybird, is drawn, and good selection of a beetle is carried out.
Four kinds of moth stamps were issued in 1970.
Four kinds of insect stamps were issued in 1991.
Malawi
1966.2.15(4p,9p,1sh6p,3sh)/1966.9.7(£2) Butterfly Stamp
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Emperor Swallowtail Papilio ophidicephalus (Papilionidae) |
Desmond's Green-banded Swallowtail Papilio desmondi (Papilionidae) |
Hairstreak Epamera handmani (Lycaenidae) |
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Lycaenid Butterfly Amauris crawshayi (Danaidae) |
African Map Butterfly Cyrestis camillus (Nymphalidae) |
1970.2.4 Insect Stamp
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Bush Locust Zonocerus elegans (Pygomorphidae) |
Blister Beetle Mylabris dicincta (Melioidae) |
Pumpmont Ladybird Henosepilachna elaterii (Coccinelidae) |
Praying Mantid Sphodromantis speculabunda (Mantidae) |
1970.9.30 Moth Stamp
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Trimen's False Tiger Moth Aegocera trimenii (Noctuidae) |
Southern Atlas Epiphora bauhiniae (Saturniidae) |
Cup Moth Parasa karschi (Limacodidae) |
Tiger Moth Teracotona euprepia (Arctiidae) |
1991.9.21 Insect Stamp
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Red Locust Nomadacris septemfasciata (Acrididae) |
Weevil Curculio curculio (Curculionidae) |
Cotton Stainer Dysdercus dysdercus (Pyrrhocoridae) |
Pollen Beetle Mylabris mylabris (Melioidae) |