Insect Stamp of Somalia

Somalia is located on the North-East edge of the Africa continent, and called "Horn of Africa". It became independent in 1960, and it became Somali Democratic Republic though it was a colony in Italy and Britain.
Four kind s of stamp that had drawn four kinds of the beetle was issued in 1995 from this Somalia.
Three kinds of stamps which drew the termite ecologically were issued from Somalia in 2003 in addition.

Somalia Democratic Republic
1995.3.7 Beetle Stamp
Lily Leaf Beatle
Lilioceris lilii
(Chrysomelidae)
Chequered Beetle
Trichodes apiarius
(Cleridae)
European Stag Beetle
Lucanus cervus
(Lucanidae)
Blue Longhorn Beetle
Rosalia alpina
(Cerambycidae)


2003.9.30 Termite Stamp
Termite(feather Termite)
Termitidae indet
(Termitidae)
Termite(queen Termite)
Termitidae indet
(Termitidae)
Termite(work Termite)
Termitidae indet
(Termitidae)


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