Kyrgyzstan

Date of issue: ?

Name of issue: 20th Century dreams
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 1/9

I have no information about this series, but I presume it is a cinderella issue.

Michel #: ? (cinderella?)
order: Araneae
family: Theraphosidae
Brachypelma smithi (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897)

Souvenir sheet:

Kyrgyzstan - Spiders

Date of issue: ?

Name of issue: 20th Century dreams
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 1/9

Michel #: ? (cinderella?)
order: Araneae
family: Theraphosidae
Brachypelma smithi (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897)

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Kyrgyzstan (2016)

Date of issue: 2016

Name of issue: Fauna of Kyrgyzstan - Spiders
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 4/4

This series should have been called "Fauna of Kyrgyzstan - Arachnids" since there are only two spiders out of four stamps!

The second stamp clearly shows a Latrodectus cf. tredecimguttatus, but it is labelled as Eresus collari ("collari" is misspelled, it should be "kollari"). 

Michel #: ?
order: Araneae
family: Lycosidae
Lycosa singoriensis (Laxmann, 1770)

Michel #: ?
order: Araneae
family: Eresidae **on stamp
Eresus collari Rossi, 1846 **on stamp
Eresus kollari (correct spelling)
suspected protrayed species
family: Theridiidae
Latrodectus tredecimguttatus (Rossi, 1790)

Michel #: ?
order: Solifugae

Michel #: ?
order: Scorpiones
family: Buthidae
Mesobuthus eupeus (Koch, 1839)

Imperforated:

Souvenir sheet:

imperforated

Complete sheets:

Lesotho (2002)

Date of issue: August 30th, 2002
Name of issue: Insects of southern Africa
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 1/7



Michel #: 1844
Scott #: 1327
Yvert #: BF 184
order: Araneae
family: Araneidae
Argiope bruennichi (Scopoli, 1772

Souvenir sheet:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other stamps of this series:

 

 

 

Lesotho - Spiders

Date of issue: August 30th, 2002
Name of issue: Insects of southern Africa
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 1/7



Michel #: 1844
Scott #: 1327
Yvert #: BF 184
order: Araneae
family: Araneidae
Argiope bruennichi (Scopoli, 1772



 

 

 

 

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Lesotho - Spiders

Date of issue: August 30th, 2002
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 1/7


I know this may seem a little silly, but the reality is that part of the spider appear on the souvenir sheet. I cropped the actual stamp to avoid distraction.



Michel #: none
order: Araneae
family: Araneidae
Argiope bruennichi (Scopoli, 1772)

Full souvenir sheet:

Michel #: 1844
Yvert #: BF 184

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Liberia (2019)

Date of issue: 2019

Name of issue: Amazing insects
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 3/?

Michel #: ?
order: Araneae
family: Araneidae
Arigiope bruennichi (Scopoli, 1772)

Michel #: ?
order: Araneae
family: Araneidae
Arigiope bruennichi (Scopoli, 1772)

Michel #: ?
order: Araneae
family: Araneidae
Arigiope bruennichi (Scopoli, 1772)

Souvenir sheet:

Liberia - Spiders

Date of issue: 2019

Name of issue: Amazing insects
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 3/?

Michel #: ?
order: Araneae
family: Araneidae
Arigiope bruennichi (Scopoli, 1772)

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Liberia - Spiders

Date of issue: 2019

Name of issue: Amazing insects
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 3/?

Michel #: ?
order: Araneae
family: Araneidae
Arigiope bruennichi (Scopoli, 1772)

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Liberia - Spiders

Date of issue: 2019

Name of issue: Amazing insects
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 3/?

Michel #: ?
order: Araneae
family: Araneidae
Arigiope bruennichi (Scopoli, 1772)

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Libya (1985)

Date of issue: October 7th, 1985
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 2/3

Michel #: 1612
category: Web



Michel #: 1613
category: Web

Other stamp of this series:

Strip:

Libya - Web

Date of issue: October 7th, 1985
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 2/3

Michel #: 1612
category: Web

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Libya - Web

 Date of issue: October 7th, 1985
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 2/3

Michel #: 1613
category: Web

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Lithuania (2004)

Date of issue: July 10th, 2004
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 0/2 (souvenir sheet)

Arachnid in the gutter only, but the full sheet is absolutely gorgeous and well worth having in my opinion.

Crop from upper left gutter on full sheet:

Michel #: 853-854 (not on stamps)
order: Scorpiones
family: Scorpionidae
Pandinus imperator (C. L. Koch, 1841)

 

Full sheet:

Stamps of this series:

Lithuania - Scorpions

Date of issue: July 10th, 2004
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 0/2 (souvenir sheet)

Crop from upper left gutter:

Michel #: 853-854 (not on stamps)
order: Scorpiones
family: Scorpionidae
Pandinus imperator (C. L. Koch, 1841)

Full sheet:

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Lithuania (2012)

Date of issue: March 17th, 2012
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 2/2

Information from the Lithuanian Postal Services (please note that the information about the animals may or may not be accurate, I am simply copying/pasting the information from the linked website).

On Saturday, March 17, two new postage stamps from the series The Red List of Lithuania will appear in circulation. The new postage stamps feature the endangered spiders included into the Red List of Lithuania.

The postage stamps have been created by the artist Aušrelė Ratkevičienė. The tête-bêche postage stamps are printed on the same small sheet, four sets in each. Each postage stamp has been issued in edition of 100 000 copies with nominal value of LTL 2.90.

Along with the postage stamps, the first day cover, first day sheet and two maximum cards, one per stamp, will be issued. On Saturday, in Vilnius Main Post Office, postal correspondence paid by the new postage stamps will be stamped with the first day cancellation.

The Fen Raft Spider (Dolomedes plantarius) belonging to the Family Pisauridae lives around the margins of waterbodies, in peatlands and swampy forests. They vigorously glide over the water and hide in case of danger. Fen raft spiders hunt for various arthropods fallen into the water.

Fen raft spiders are found in swamps and forests of Western, Central, and Eastern Europe. However, despite a wide distribution of the species, it is difficult to estimate its population because of similarity with the raft spider.

The Ladybird Spider (Eresus cinnaberinus) of the family Eresidae is the most beautiful spider of distinctive appearance found in Lithuania. Due to a hidden lifestyle it is especially rare. The lady bird spiders usually hunt for big beetles having a firm chitin shell (dung-beetles, skippers). They live in southern slopes protected from wind, in dry locations and sandy soil.

This species is included into the Red Lists of majority European countries. In Lithuania, it was discovered in 1999 and 2002 in Jurbarkas District



Michel #: ?
order: Araneae
family: Pisauridae
Dolomedes plantarius (Clerck, 1757)

Eresus cinnaberinus (Olivier, 1789) is nomen dubium




Michel #: ?
order: Araneae
family: Eresidae
Eresus cinnaberinus (Olivier, 1789)

Full sheet: