Insect Stamp of Bolivia

Bolivia is a landlocked country of South America to own about 3 times Japanese areas. It crossed and it was put in a part of Inca Empire in the thirteenth century, and it was it with a colony of Spain after 1532, but it broke Spain force with entering Peru in 1820's and it separated from Peru in 1825 and achieved independence. However, it lose for war with a dust vs. a thing of 1879 and it is robbed of a territory of Left Coast and it is defeated by war with Paraguay in 1930's and lose a part territory. After the left-winger Administration times from 1952, military coups by both right and left groups occurred successively after 1964, and military administration continued until 1982. In the civil administration return back of 1982, the left-winger Administration, center-right government are repeated.
An insect stamp was issued six kinds of insect stamps in 2001 by Bolivia. As for Hercules Beetle and Feisthameli Stag Beetle and Harlequin Beetle, an insect of South America special product is taken away.

Republic of Bolivia
2001.8.30 Normal Stamp
Grasshopper
Saltamolites sp.
(Tettigoniidae)
Giant Praying Mantis
Paratenodera aridifolia
(Mantidae)
Giant Brown Cricket
Tropidacris latreillei
(Acrididae)
Hercules Beetle
Dynastes hercules
(Scarabaeidae)
Harlequin Beetle
Acrocinus longimanus
(Cerambycidae)
Feisthameli Stag Beetle
Sphaenognathus feisthameli
(Lucanidae)


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