Insect Stamp of TanzaniaInsect Stamp of TanzaniaTanzania exists in the eastern part of the African Continent and is bordered by Kenya and Mozambique and Kilimanjaro of 5,895m rises and holds Lake Victoria. It became German dependency in the 19th century, and began British rule after the World War I, but it became independent in 1961, and possessing it with Tanganyika republic in the next year. The mainland and the alliance of Zanzibar were formed in 1964, and it was changed to the United Republic of Tanzania.
Four kinds of insect stamps and one kind of small sheets were published from Tanzania in 1987. Actual issue is 1987 although issue name of an era is printed by the stamp itself with 1986.
Tanzania
1987.4.22 Insect Stamp
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| Western Honeybee Apis mellifera (Apidae) |
Greater Grain-boring Beetle Xyleborus xyleborus (Scolytidae) |
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| Tsetse Fly Glossina palpalis (Glossinidae) |
Social Wasp Polistes polistes (Vespidae) |
Malaria Mosquito Anopheles anopheles (Culicidae) |
2011.4.15 Grasshopper Stamp
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| Elegant Grasshopper Zonocerus elegans (Pyrgomorphidae) |
African Migratory Locust Locusta migratoria (Acrididae) |
Foam Locust Dictyophorus spumans (Pyrgomorphidae) |
Green Milkweed Locust Phymateus viridipes (Acrididae) |
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| Edible Grasshopper Homorochoryphus nitidulus (Tettigoniidae) |
African Mole Cricket Gryllotalpa africana (Gryllotalpidae) |
Green Bush Cricket Tettigonia viridissima (Tettigoniidae) |
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| Short Horned Grasshopper Truxalis sp. (Acrididae) |
Common Milkweed Locust Phymateus morbillosus (Pyrgomorphidae) |
Common Stick Grasshopper Acrida acuminate (Acrididae) |
Red Locust Nomadacris septemfasciata (Acrididae) |
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