Insect Stamp of Dominican RepublicInsect Stamp of Dominican RepublicIn Hispaniola Island that floats in the Caribbean Sea, The Dominican Republic and Haiti of French-speaking world are sharing. A country size of the Dominican Republic is half degree of Hokkaido.
Columbus visited a shore in 1492 year, and became to Spain territory, after 1795 became French territory , in 1844 became independent after process occupied by neighboring country Haiti since 1822 from orchids territory. But it was merged with Spain again in 1861 year and achieved independence in 1865.
Eight kinds of stamps describing the butterfly were issued from this Dominican Republic in 1966.
As a beetle stamp of the nature protection, four kinds of stamps describing the insect were issued in 1999.
Dominican Republic
1966.9.7(1c,3c)/1966.11.8(2c,6c,8c,10c,50c,75c) Butterfly Stamp
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| Great Southern White Ascia monuste (Pieridae |
Zebra Longwing Heliconius charitonia (Nymphalidae) |
Cloudless Sulphur Phoebis sennae (Pieridae) |
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| White Angled-sulphur Anteos clorinde (Pieridae |
Red Heart Butterfly Anaea marthesia (Nymphalidae) |
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| Cuban Butterfly Eurema gundlachia (Pieridae |
Many-spotted King Anelia numidia (Danaidae) |
Androgeus Swallowtail Papilio androgeus (Papilionidae) |
1999.9.10 Insect Stamp of the nature protection
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| Puerto Rican Rhinoceros Beetle Strataegus quadrifoveatus (Scarabaeidae) |
Cloud-forest Monarch Butterfly Anetia jaegeri (Danaidae) |
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| True Katydid Polyancistroydes sp. (Tettigoniidae) |
Stick Insect Aplopus sp. (Phasmatidae) |
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