Insect Stamp of Romania

Romania means "land of the people who spoke a language of Rome" , a Roman settled in the ground where Dacian of indigenous people lived in after the second century. It was ruled from the 15th century to about 400 years by Ottoman Turkey, and It became independent in 1881, and Romania kingdom was born. After the World War I it expands a territory as the victorious nation, and large Romania kingdom is formed. Romania attend in World War II with the German Italy side and joined anti-soviet participation in a war, but defeat, and the pro-Soviet government was established in 1945. It abolished monarchy in 1947 and became a people's republic and entered autocracy rule of Ceausescu after 1965. The Ceausescu system collapses in 1989 and establishes a constitution of social democracy type in 1991 and shifts to market economy afterward.
Eight kinds of stamps of silkmoth and a honeybee were issued from Rumania in 1963. Although designed, the feature of an insect is often caught.
Furthermore, eight kinds of insect stamps were issued also in the 1964 of the next year.
One kind of bee stamp was issued in commemoration of the holding of the international apiarist meeting in 1965.
Eight kinds of stamps which drew the butterfly and the moth were issued in 1969 more.
Six kinds of stamps which drew the living thing of a cave is issued in 1993. Among these, two kinds are insects and one kind is a spider.
Ten kinds of beetle stamps divided it into the first and the second in 1996 and were issued.
Four kinds of bee stamps were issued in 2010 year.

Romania
1963.12.12 Normal Stamp
SilkmothCocoon,SilkmothSilkworm
Bombyx mori
(Bombycidae)
Western Honeybee
Apis mellifera
(Apidae)
Western Honeybee
Apis mellifera
(Apidae)


1964.2.20 Normal Stamp
Owlfly
Ascalaphus macaronius
(Ascalaphidae)
Thread-Waisted Wasp
Ammophila sabulosa
(Sphecidae)
Mammoth Wasp
Scolia maculata
(Scolidae)
Tiger Moth
Rhypariodes metelkana
(Arctiidae)
European Gypsy Moth
Lymantria dispar
(Lymantriidae)
Meadow Brown Butterfly
Hipparchia circe
(Satyridae)
Ground Beetle
Carabus fabricii
(Carabidae)
Gigas Ground Beetle
Procerus gigas
(Carabidae)

1965.7.28 20th international apiarist meeting aniversary
Western Honeybee
Apis mellifera
(Apidae)

1969.6.25 Normal Stamp
Lesser Purple Emperor
Apatura ilia
(Nymphalidae)
Willowherb Hawk Moth
Proserpinus proserpina
(Sphingidae)
Eastern Pale Clouded Yellow
Colias erate
(Pieridae)
Tiger Moth
Pericallia matronula
(Arctiidae)
Fritilary
Argyronome laodice
(Nymphalidae)
Tiger Moth
Callimorpha quadripunctaria
(Arctiidae)
Orange Tip
Anthocharis cardamines
(Pieridae)
Meleager's Blue
Meleageria daphnis
(Lycaenidae)

1993.12.27 Living thing of a cave stamp
Cave Dwelling Beetle
Clivina subterranea
(Scaritidae)
Water Scorpion
Nepa anophthalma
(Nepidae)

1996.4.16 Primary Insect Stamp
European Longhorn beetle
Cerambyx cerdo
(Cerambycidae)
European Woodworm
Hedobia imperialis
(Anobiidae)
European Rhinoceros Beetle
Oryctes nasicornis
(Scarabaeidae)
Scarab Beetle
Trichius fasciatus
(Scarabaeidae)
Purpuricenus Longhorn Beetle
Purpuricenus kaehleri
(Cerambycidae)

1996.6.10 Secondary Insect Stamp
Spotted cucumber Beetle
Chrysomela vigintipunctata
(Chrysomelidae)
Leaf Beetle
Entomoscelis adonidis
(Chrysomelidae)
Two-spotted Ladybird
Adalia bipunctata
(Coccinelidae)
Calosoma Beetle
Calosoma sycophanta
(Carabidae)
Jewel Beetle
Antaxia salicis
(Buprestidae)

2010.1.22 Bee Stamp
Western Honeybee
Apis melifera melifera
(Apidae)
Italian Honeybee
Apis melifera ligusitica
(Apidae)
Carniolan Honeybee
Apis melifera carnica
(Apidae)
Caucasian Honeybee
Apis melifera caucasica
(Apidae)


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