Insect Stamp of TanzaniaInsect Stamp of TanzaniaTanzania exists in the eastern part of the African Continent and is bordered by Kenya and Mozambique and Kilimanjaro of 5,895m rises and holds Lake Victoria. It became German dependency in the 19th century, and began British rule after the World War I, but it became independent in 1961, and possessing it with Tanganyika republic in the next year. The mainland and the alliance of Zanzibar were formed in 1964, and it was changed to the United Republic of Tanzania.
Nine kinds of small regular stamps depicting butterflies and six kinds of large regular stamps were issued from Tanzania in 1973.
Four kinds of insect stamps and one kind of small sheets were published in 1987. Actual issue is 1987 although issue name of an era is printed by the stamp itself with 1986.
Four kinds of grasshopper stamps and one piece of small seat including six kinds of grasshopper stamps and one piece of small seat including one kind of grasshopper stamp were issued in 2011.
Tanzania
1973.12.3 Normal Stamp
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| Horniman's Swallowtail Papilio hornimani (Papilionidae) |
Bushveld Purple Tip Colotis ione (Pieridae) |
Dusky Friar Amauris egialea (Danaidae) |
African Snout Butterfly Libythea labdaca (Libytheinae) |
Plain Tiger Danaus chrysippus (Danaidae) |
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| Tree Nymphs Asterope rosa (Nymphalidae) |
Common Scarlet Axiocerces harpax (Lycaenidae) |
Common Grass Yellow Eurema hecabe (Pieridae) |
Black-blotched Acraea Acraea insignis (Nymphalidae) |
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| Gold Banded Forester Euphaedra neophron (Nymphalidae) |
Gaudy Commodore Precis octavia (Nymphalidae) |
Common Green Charaxes Charaxes eupale (Nymphalidae) |
Black-bordered Charaxes Charaxes pollux (Nymphalidae) |
1987.4.22 Insect Stamp
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| Western Honeybee Apis mellifera (Apidae) |
Greater Grain-boring Beetle Xyleborus xyleborus (Scolytidae) |
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| Tsetse Fly Glossina palpalis (Glossinidae) |
Social Wasp Polistes polistes (Vespidae) |
Malaria Mosquito Anopheles anopheles (Culicidae) |
2011.4.15 Grasshopper Stamp
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| Short Horned Grasshopper Truxalis sp. (Acrididae) |
Common Milkweed Locust Phymateus morbillosus (Pyrgomorphidae) |
Common Stick Grasshopper Acrida acuminate (Acrididae) |
Red Locust Nomadacris septemfasciata (Acrididae) |
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| African Migratory Locust Locusta migratoria (Acrididae) |
Foam Locust Dictyophorus spumans (Pyrgomorphidae) |
African Bush Locust Phymateus viridipes (Acrididae) |
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| Edible Grasshopper Homorochoryphus nitidulus (Tettigoniidae) |
African Mole Cricket Gryllotalpa africana (Gryllotalpidae) |
Green Bush Cricket Tettigonia viridissima (Tettigoniidae) |
Elegant Grasshopper Zonocerus elegans (Pyrgomorphidae) |
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