Insect Stamp of Papua New GuineaInsect Stamp of Papua New GuineaAlthough it had become Indonesia now, west halves, such as New Guinea, were belonged to the Netherlands once.
In the early times 1960 year as the butterfly stamp, it was issued from the Netherlands New Guinea. The beetle stamps were issued in 1961. The kind with the characteristic New Guinea specialties, such as Paradise Birdwing, Papua Scapanes Beetle and Papua Golden Stag Beetle, is chosen also for the stamp.
Netherlands New Guinea
1960.9.1 Social Welfare Stamp
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| Paradise Birdwing Ornithoptera paradisea (Papilionidae) |
Large Green-banded Blue Danis danis (Lycaenidae) |
Plain Tiger Cethosia chrysippus (Nymphalidae) |
Silky Owl Taenaris catops (Nymphalidae) |
1961.9.15 Social Welfare Stamp
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| Papua Scapanes Beetle Scapanes australis (Scaradaeidae) |
Primitive Weevil Ectocemus decemmaculatus (Brentidae) |
Papua Golden Stag Beetle Lamprima adolphinae (Lucanidae) |
Leaf Beetle Aspidomorpha aurata (Chrysomelidae) |
Papua New Guinea is eastern half of New Guinea and about 10,000 neighboring states comprising islands. A European visited a shore after the 16th century, and the New Guinea western part became Oran doh territory in 1828, and the eastern part was divided in 1884 by U.K. and Germany, and it was ruled. The U.K. territory was transferred in the beginning in the 20th century by Australia, and after the World War I it could include Germany territory, too, and it was it with Australian United Nations mandate and became independent as a constitutional monarchy in the Commonwealth of Nations in 1975.
In 1966, Papua New Guinea issued a long set of 12 wonderful pure butterfly stamps depicting many beautiful tropical butterflies, including the Ornithoptera. Four kinds of stamps describing beautiful beetles peculiar to the Torrid Zone including splendid jewel beetle were issued in 1967. Four kinds of normal stamps altogether unified by the beetle were issued in 1996.
Papua New Guinea
1966.2.14 Normal Stamp
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| Blue Mountain Swallowtail Papilio ulysses (Papilionidae) |
Godart's Map Butterfly Cyrestis acilia (Nymphalidae) |
Purple Spotted Swallowtail Graphium weiskei (Papilionidae) |
Velvet Butterfly Terinos alurgis (Nymphalidae) |
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| Common Green Birdwing Ornithoptera priamus (Papilionidae) |
Giant Crow Euploea callithoe (Danaidae) |
Papua Butterfly Papilio euchenor (Papilionidae) |
Clipper Butterfly Parthenos sylvia (Nymphalidae) |
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| Delias Butterfly Delias aruna (Pieridae) |
Turquoise Emperor Apaturina erminea (Nymphalidae) |
Malesian Butterfly Doleschallia dascylus (Nymphalidae) |
Paradise Birdwing Ornithoptera paradisea (Papilionidae) |
Papua New Guinea
1967.4.12 Normal Stamp
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| Jewelled Frog Beetle Sagra speciosa (Chrysomelidae) |
Ground Beetle Eupholus schoenherri (Harpalidae) |
Longhorn Beetle Sphingnotus albertisi (Cerambycidae) |
Albert Longtail Jewel Beetle Cyphogastra albertisi (Buprestidae) |
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| Pselaphid Beetle Lagriomorpha indigacea (Anthicidae) |
Ground Beetle
Eupholus geoffroyi (Harpalidae) |
Leaf Beetle Promechus pulcher (Chrysomelidae) |
Leaf Beetle Callistola pulchra (Chrysomelidae) |
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