Congo-Zaire (Kinsasha) (1996)

Date of issue: October 16th, 1996
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 1/38

The souvenir sheets is also available as imperforated. In 2000, they reused nine stamps of this series with overprint when Zaire became the Democratic Republic of Congo with the currency change. The Sphecides sp. stamp is one of them, but the Peucetia one was never reused that way.

Michel #: 1147
Scott #: 1449c
Yvert #: 1437
order: Araneae
family: Oxyopidae
Peucetia sp.

Imperforated

Souvenir sheet:

Imperforated

Other stamps of the series:



Hong Kong overprint

Overprint Democratic Republic of Congo (2000):

Congo-Zaire (Kinsasha) - Spiders

Date of issue: October 16th, 1996
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 1/38

Michel #: 1147
Scott #: 1449c
Yvert #: 1437
order: Araneae
family: Oxyopidae
Peucetia sp.



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Congo-Zaire (Kinsasha) (1997)

Date of issue: 1997

Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 1/6

Here is another issue that I am unsure of the legal validity. I am unable to find a catalog number, which normally is the proper hint for a cinderalla issue.

Michel #: ?
order: Araneae
family: Lycosidae (suspected)

Full sheet of this issue:

Congo-Zaire (Kinsasha) Spiders

Date of issue: 1997
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 1/6



Michel #: ?
order: Araneae
family: Lycosidae (suspected)

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Congo-Zaire (Kinsasha) (2002)

Date of issue: 2002
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 0/7 (souvenir sheet)

This is a cinderella stamp (not valid for postal use) with a spider in the gutter. Note that many similar stamps have been printed with other country's names on them (see Benin)

You can sometimes tell just by looking at the senseless themes put together, like here, a shark with a spider... makes perfect sense!

Michel #: none - cinderella
order: Araneae
family: Araneidae (suspected)

Congo-Zaire (Kinsasha) - Spiders

Date of issue: 2002
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 0/7 (souvenir sheet)

I did not crop this sheet since the spider is big enough to spot.

Michel #: none - cinderella
order: Araneae
family: Araneidae (suspected)

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Congo-Zaire (Kinsasha) - Myriapod

Date of issue: 2002
Number of myriapod related stamps in issue: 0/7 (souvenir sheet)

Michel #: none - cinderella
subphylum: Myriapoda
family: Scolopendridae

Congo-Zaire (Kinsasha) (2011)

Date of issue: 2011
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 0/?

Not sure how many stamps there are in this series. There seems to be tons of different sheets of different themes. Of course, like often, this one makes no sense at all with some dog stamps and on the souvenir sheet there are scorpions!

Michel #: ?
order: Scorpiones
family: Buthidae
Androctonus mauretanicus (Pocock, 1902)

Crop from souvenir sheet:

Congo-Zaire (Kinsasha) - Scorpions

Date of issue: 2011
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 0/?



Crop from souvenir sheet




Michel #: ?
order: Scorpiones
family: Buthidae
Androctonus mauretanicus (Pocock, 1902)

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