Animal Stamp of Democratic Republic of Congo

It became independent as the Republic of Congo and the changing of a name, coup d'etat got up in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1967 and did the name of a country in the Republic of Zaire in 1971 and it spread alliance dictature of the revolution people exercise, but Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo brought it under control in 1997 and returned the name of a country from the colony of Belgium territory to the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1960. It is resources country producing cobalt, a diamond, money, copper, but the economy continues being delayed.
Nine kinds of fish stamps were issued in 1978 when the name of a country was the Republic of Zaire.
Six kinds of stamps on which it memorialized Boy Scout activity in 2002, and assumed various animals a motif was issued by Democratic Republic of Congo. It introduce six kinds of catfish stamps from this.

Republic of Zaire
1978.1.23 Fish Stamp
African Butterfly Fish
Pantodon buchholzi
(Pantodontidae)
Red-striped Killifish
Aphyosemion striatum
(Aplocheilidae)
Banded Climbing Perch
Ctenopoma fasciolatum
(Anabantidae)
Electric Catfish
Malapterurus electricus
(Malapteruridae)
Red Jewel Cichlid
Hemichromis bimaculatus
(Cichlidae)
Elephant-Fish
Marcusenius isidori
(Mormyridae)
Blotched Upsidedown Catfish
Synodontis nigriventris
(Mochokidae)
Golden Julie
Julidochromis ornatus
(Cichlidae)
Killifish
Nothobranchius brieni
(Aplocheilidae)


Democratic Republic of Congo
2002.5.30 Boy Scout/Catfish Stamp
Gafftopsail Sea Catfish
Bagre marinus
(Ariidae)
Ripsaw Catfish
Oxydoras niger
(Doradidae)
Sea Catfish
Arius felis
(Ariidae)
Tiger Shovelnose Catfish
Psedoplatystoma fasciatum
(Pimelodidae)
Striped Eel Catfish
Plotosus lineatus
(Plotosidae)
Bloch's Catfish
Pimelodus blochii
(Pimelodidae)


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