Monday, March 31, 2008

Togo (2011)

Date of issue: 2011
Name of issue: Les écosystèmes d'Afrique - Le désert du Sahara
                         (Ecosystems of Africa - Saharan desert)
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 1/95

There are several ecosystems souvenir sheets, but I only have the two that contain arachnids.


Michel #: ?
order: Scorpiones
family: Buthidae
Leiurus quinquestriatus Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1829






















Souvenir sheet
























Other stamps of this series:


































































Date of issue: 2011
Name of issue: Les écosystèmes d'Afrique - La mer Méditerranée
                          (Ecosystems of Africa - Mediterranean sea)
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 1/95


Michel #: BL 651
order: Araneae
family: Sicariidae
Loxosceles rufescens (Dufour, 1820)




















Souvenir sheet:











































Togo - Scorpions

Date of issue: 2011
Name of issue: Les écosystèmes d'Afrique - Le désert du Sahara
                          (Ecosystems of Africa - Saharan desert)
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 1/95




Michel #: ?
order: Scorpiones
family: Buthidae
Leiurus quinquestriatus Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1829


























For more information on this series, click HERE

Togo - Spiders

Date of issue: 2011
Name of issue: Les écosystèmes d'Afrique - La mer Méditerranée
                          (Ecosystems of Africa - Mediterranean sea)
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 1/95

Michel #: none
order: Araneae
family: Sicariidae
Loxosceles rufescens (Dufour, 1820)




















Souvenir sheet:


















For more information on this series, click HERE

Monday, March 24, 2008

Transkei (1987)

Date of issue: August 27th, 1987
Name of issue: Spiders
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 4/4

For information on Transkei, click HERE

Michel #: 206
Scott #: 191
Yvert #: 206
order: Araneae
family: Theridiidae
Latrodectus indistinctus O. P.-Cambridge, 1904






























Michel #: 207
Scott #: 192
Yvert #: 207
order: Araneae
family: Nephilidae
*Nephila fenestrata Thorell, 1859
Nephila pilipes fenestrata (on stamp)































Michel #: 208
Scott #: 193
Yvert #: 208
order: Araneae
family: Lycosidae





























Michel #: 209
Scott #: 194
Yvert #: 209
order: Araneae
family: Araneidae
*Argiope australis (Walckenaer, 1805)
Argiope nigrovittata (on stamp)






























Full sheets:


























































Transkei - Spiders

Date of issue: August 27th, 1987
Name of issue: Spiders
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 4/4


Michel #: 206
Scott #: 191
Yvert #: 206
order: Araneae
family: Theridiidae
Latrodectus indistinctus O. P.-Cambridge, 1904






























For more information on this series, click HERE



















 





Transkei - Spiders

Date of issue: August 27th, 1987
Name of issue: Spiders
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 4/4

Michel #: 207
Scott #: 192
Yvert #: 207
order: Araneae
family: Nephilidae
*Nephila fenestrata Thorell, 1859
Nephila pilipes fenestrata (on stamp)































For more information on this series, click HERE

Transkei - Spiders

Date of issue: August 27th, 1987
Name of issue: Spiders
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 4/4

Michel #: 208
Scott #: 193
Yvert #: 208
order: Araneae
family: Lycosidae





























For more information on this series, click HERE

Transkei - Spiders

Date of issue: August 27th, 1987
Name of issue: Spiders
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 4/4

Michel #: 209
Scott #: 194
Yvert #: 209
order: Araneae
family: Araneidae
*Argiope australis (Walckenaer, 1805)
Argiope nigrovittata (on stamp)































For more information on this series, click HERE

Monday, March 17, 2008

Trinidad and Tobago (2005)

Date of issue: December 12th, 2005
Name of issue: Anansi and the cricket match
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 6/6

Michel #: 881
Category: Cartoon & Folklore


























Michel #: 882
Category: Cartoon & Folklore


























Michel #: 883
Category: Cartoon & Folklore


























Michel #: 884
Category: Cartoon & Folklore


























Michel #: 885
Category: Cartoon & Folklore



























Michel #: 886
Category: Cartoon & Folklore

























Souvenir sheet:

Michel #: Block 72

Trinidad and Tobago - Folklore

Date of issue: December 12th, 2005
Name of issue: Anansi and the cricket match
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 6/6

Michel #: 881
Category: Cartoon & Folklore


























For more information on this series, click HERE







Trinidad and Tobago - Folklore

Date of issue: December 12th, 2005
Name of issue: Anansi and the cricket match
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 6/6


Michel #: 882
Category: Cartoon & Folklore



























For more information on this series, click HERE

Trinidad and Tobago - Folklore

Date of issue: December 12th, 2005
Name of issue: Anansi and the cricket match
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 6/6


Michel #: 883
Category: Cartoon & Folklore






























For more information on this series, click HERE

Trinidad and Tobago - Folklore

Date of issue: December 12th, 2005
Name of issue: Anansi and the cricket match
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 6/6


Michel #: 884
Category: Cartoon & Folklore





























For more information on this series, click HERE

Trinidad and Tobago - Folklore

Date of issue: December 12th, 2005
Name of issue: Anansi and the cricket match
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 6/6


Michel #: 885
Category: Cartoon & Folklore





























For more information on this series, click HERE

Trinidad and Tobago - Folklore

Date of issue: December 12th, 2005
Name of issue: Anansi and the cricket match
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 6/6


Michel #: 886
Category: Cartoon & Folklore

























Souvenir sheet:

Michel #: Block 72
































For more information on this series, click HERE

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Tunisia (1962)

Date of issue: April 7th, 1962
Name of issue: Le monde uni contre la paludisme
                         (The world united against malaria)
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 1/3

I am unsure if this one shows a spider web or the globe.

Michel #: 592
category: Web


























Other stamps of this series:


Tunisia - Web

Date of issue: April 7th, 1962
Name of issue: Le monde uni contre la paludisme
                          (The world united against malaria)
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 1/3

I am unsure if this one shows a spider web or the globe.

Michel #: 592
category: Web



























For more information on this series, click HERE

Monday, March 10, 2008

Tunisia (1980)

Date of issue: November 9th, 1980
Name of issue:  Avènement du XVe siècle de l'Hégire
                          (Upcoming of the XVth century of the Hegire)
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 1/2


Michel #: 983
category: Web






















Other stamp of this series:

Tunisia - Web

Date of issue: November 9th, 1980
Name of issue: Avènement du XVe siècle de l'Hégire
                          (Upcoming of the XVth century of the Hegire)
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 1/2


Michel #: 983
category: Web























For more information on this series, click HERE





Tuesday, March 4, 2008

United Arab Emirates (1998)

Date of issue: February 25th, 1998
Name of issue: Indigenous arthropods
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 1/4

Michel #: 572
Yvert #: 558
order: Solifugae
family: Galeodidae
Galeodes sp.


























Full sheet:

















































Other stamps of this series:









































Other full sheets of this series: