Insect Stamp of PhilippinesInsect Stamp of PhilippinesThe Philippines is comprizing Luzon, Mindanao, Cebu from islands more than 7000. Magellan became a Spanish colony in 1571 after a visit to a shore in 1521 and it declared independence in 1898, but it was governed for about 40 years after 1901 by U.S.A. and Japan force occupied it during World War II, but achieved independence with Japanese defeat in 1945 as the Republic of the Philippines in 1946.
Two kinds of stamps on which the insect was drawn was issued as a normal stamp of the Philippines in 1988.
Two small sheets which drew four kinds of insects were issued in 2000.
Two small sheets which drew four kinds of beetles were issued in 2010.
Philippines
1988.3.11 Normal Stamp
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| Assassin Bug Vesbius purpureus (Reduviidae) |
Scoliid Wasp Campsomeris aurulenta (Scoliidae) |
2000.7.21 Normal Stamp
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| Convergent Ladybird Beetle Synonycha grandis (Coccinelidae) |
Cabbage Bug Piezodorus hybneri (Pentatomidae) |
Green June Beetle Torynorrhina unicolor (Scarabaeidae) |
Eastern Hercules Beetle Dynastes tityus (Scarabaeidae) |
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| Sharpshooter Bug Orthobelus flavipes (Cicadidae) |
Spotted cucumber Beetle Chrysomela vigintipunctata (Chrysomelidae) |
Omate Chequered Beetle Trichodes crabroniformis (Cleridae) |
Milkweed Bug Cavelerius saccharivarus (Lygaeidae) |
2010.3.29 Beetle Stamp
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| Fruit & Flower Chafer Agestrata luconica (Scarabaeidae) |
Flower Chafer Glycyphana sp. (Scarabaeidae) |
Flower Chafer Paraplectone crassa (Scarabaeidae) |
Flower Chafer Astrea sp. (Scarabaeidae) |
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| Fruit & Flower Chafer Agestrata semperi (Scarabaeidae) |
Flower Chafer Heterorhina sp. (Scarabaeidae) |
Fruit & Flower Chafer Agestrata antoinei (Scarabaeidae) |
Flower Chafer Clerota rodriguezi (Scarabaeidae) |
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