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Insect Stamp of Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau is comprised of the mainland close against Senegal and Guinea and Bissau Island floating in the offing. A Portuguese went ashore in the 15th century and was governed afterward for 500 years. In Portuguese Guinia, liberation organization Guinea-Bissau Cape Verdean independent African party of a race declared Guinea-Bissau and independence of Cape Verde in September, 1973. And Guinea-Bissau became independent after the fight with the Portuguese military in September of 1974 and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau was born. A socialistic policy was pushed forward after independence, but switch was gradually planned to liberalism economy after a military coup happened in 1980 and having shifted to 1 party autocracy of the independent African party.
Ten kinds of wonderful beetle stamps were issued from Portuguese Guinea in 1953. It is printed by Courvoisier of Switzerland which has established reputation in printing technology. Please enjoy ten kinds of these wonderful stamps thoroughly.
Six kinds of bee stamps were issued in 2001 by the Republic of Guinea-Bissau. One kind of small size seat comprised of two kinds of bee stamps of the design same as one kind of small seat comprised of six kinds of bee stamps was issued in 2010.

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Portuguese Guinea
1953 Normal Stamp

Longhorn Beetle Analeptes trifasciata (Cerambycidae)	Shield-backed Bug Callidae panaethiopica (Scutelleridae)	Ground Beetle Craspedophorus brevicollis (Harpalidae)	Anthia Ground Beetle Anthia nimrod (Harpalidae)	Leaf Mining Insect Platypria luctuosa (Chrysomelidae)

Acanthophorus Longhorn Beetle Acanthophorus maculatus (Cerambycidae)	Longhorn beetle Cordylomera nitidipennis (Cerambycidae)	Net-winged Beetle Lycus latissimus (Lycidae)	African Blue Tiger Beetle Cicindela brunet (Cicindelidae)	Long Neck Ground Beetle Colliuris dimidiata (Brachinidae)

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Republic of Guinea-Bissau
2001.4.1 Bee Stamp

European Hornet Vespa crabro (Vespidae)	Western Honeybee Apis mellifera (Apidae)	Western Honeybee Apis mellifera (Apidae)

European Hornet Vespa crabro (Vespidae)	European Hornet Vespa crabro (Vespidae)	Western Honeybee Apis mellifera (Apidae)

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2010.10.28 Bee Stamp

	Syrhid Fly Syrphus sp. (Syrphidae)	European Paper Wasp Polistes dominula (Vespidae)
Sphecid Wasp Cerceris bicornuta (Sphecidae)	Yellow-legged Paper Wasp Mischocyttarus flavitarsis (Vespidae)	Potter Wasp Eumenes smithi (Eumenidae)

European Paper Wasp Polistes dominula (Vespidae)	Syrhid Fly Syrphus sp. (Syrphidae)		Horse Guard Wasp Stictia carolina (Sphecidae)
Sphecid Wasp Cerceris bicornuta (Sphecidae)	Syrhid Fly Syrphus sp. (Syrphidae)	European Paper Wasp Polistes dominula (Vespidae)	Paper Wasp Polistes dorsalis (Vespidae)

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