Cuba is a socialist state comprising islands more than 1500 around Caribbean Sea's greatest island Cuba Island. Columbus arrived in 1492 and passed through Spanish rule to last for about 400 years after 1511 and became independent in 1902. It is made to accept the intervention in domestic affairs right and a military base tenure by U.S.A. where It buy sugar cane from the latter half in the 19th century and went into, and it is put in an American protection bottom virtually. Success of Cuban Revolution by Castro who stood up for overthrow of rule by U.S.A. is 1959. It access the Soviet Union in basics as a socialist state in anti-U.S.A., and, since the Chairperson national council assumption of office of 1976, Castro is grasp in real power of a party / the armed forces / administration. It came to accept an investment of a foreign firm positively in after 1993 while 1990's began and took Soviet Union collapse and did isolation and strengthened China and relations.
As an insect stamp, five kinds of Christmas stamps describing the butterfly and the moth were issued in 1961, five kinds of Christmas stamps describing the insect were issued in 1962, five kinds of normal stamps describing the honeybee were issued in 1971 from Cuba.
Six kinds of beetle stamps were issued in 1980.
The beetle stamp of a scarab beetle for all seven kinds was issued in 1988.
Republic of Cuba
1962.12.21 Christmas Stamp
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Cuckoo Wasp Chrysis superba (Chrysididae) |
Longhorn Beetle Essostrutha roberto (Cerambycidae) |
Giant Leafhopper Horiensia conciliata (Cicadellidae) |
Leaf Beetle Cubispa turquino (Chrysomelidae) |
Weevil Lachnops argus (Curculionidae) |
1971.6.20 Normal Stamp
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egg,worm,chrysalis | Worker Bee | Male bee | Nest protection bee | Queen bee |
Western Honeybee Apis mellifera (Apidae) |
1980.1.25 Insect Stamp
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Cuba Weevil Rhina oblita (Rhynchophoridae) |
Longhorn Beetle Odontocera josemart (Cerambycidae) |
Longhorn Beetle Pinthocaelium columbinum (Cerambycidae) |
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Calosoma Beetle Calosoma splendida (Carabidae) |
Beetle Homophileurus cubanus (Scarabaeidae) |
Longhorn Beetle Heterops dimidiata (Cerambycidae) |
1988.6.30 Normal Stamp
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Elephant Beetle Megasoma elephas (Scarabaeidae) |
Scarab Beetle Plustotis argenteola (Scarabaeidae) |
Scarab Beetle Heterosternus oberthuri (Scarabaeidae) |
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Bess Beetle Odontotaenius zodiacus (Passalidae) |
Emerald Colored Beetle Platycoelia flavoscutellata (Scarabaeidae) |
Longleg Scarab Beetle Chrysophora chrysochlora (Scarabaeidae) |
Phanaeus Scarab Beetle Phanaeus leander (Scarabaeidae) |