Germany (East) (1980)

Date of issue: October 28th, 1980
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 2/6

Michel #: 2552
order: Araneae

Michel #: 2556
order: Araneae

Other stamps of this series:

Germany (East) - Spiders

Date of issue: October 28th, 1980
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 2/6

Michel #: 2552
order: Araneae

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Germany (East) - Spiders

Date of issue: October 28th, 1980
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 2/6

Michel #: 2556
order: Araneae

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Ghana (1972)

Date of issue: April 21st, 1972
Name of issue: Internation book year
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 1/5

This is not a very convincing spider. One could be forgiven to think it is some kind of beetle (like a stag beetle), but the text confirms it is a spider (Anansi).

This series is also available as imperforates and on a souvenir sheet, which interestingly looks perforated, but is not (the "hole" are just part of the image!).

Michel #: 459
order: Araneae
category: Folklore

Other stamps of this series:

Ghana - Spiders

Date of issue: April 21st, 1972
Name of issue: Internation book year
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 1/5

Michel #: 459
order: Araneae
category: Folklore

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Ghana (1984)

Date of issue: december 12th, 1983 to February 8th, 1984

Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 1/10

This issue has also been reused in 1988-1989 with an overprint surcharge on the stamps.

Michel #: 1001
Yvert #: 796
order: Scorpiones

Full sheet:

Other stamps of this issue:

Ghana - Scorpions

Date of issue: december 12th, 1983 to February 8th, 1984
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 1/10

Michel #: 1001
Yvert #: 796
order: Scorpiones

 

 

 

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Ghana (1988)

Date of issue: September 1988
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 1/10

This is the exact same series as in 1984, but they were overprinted with a surcharge.

Michel #: 1194
order: Scorpiones

Full sheet:



Ghana - Scorpions

Date of issue: September 1988
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 1/10

This is the exact same series as in 1984, but they were overprinted with a surcharge.

Michel #: 1194
order: Scorpiones

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Ghana (2002)

Date of issue: February 20th, 2002

Name of issue: International copyright conference

Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 1/5

Michel #: 3403
order: Araneae

Other stamps of this series:

Ghana - Spiders

Date of issue: February 20th, 2002

Name of issue: International copyright conference

Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 1/5

Michel #: 3403
order: Araneae

 

 

 

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Grenada (1976)

Date of issue: February 4th, 1976
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 1/8

On the stamp, the genus of the spider is Eurypelma, but this genus was placed in synonymy with the Avicularia genus. The problem is that the spider on the stamp does not look like an Avicularia sp., it looks more like a bulky terrestrial species. As far as I know, there are no described Theraphosidae sp. from Grenada, so that is not too helpful either.

Michel #: 151
Yvert #: 134
order: Araneae
family: Theraphosidae
Theraphosidae sp.

Full sheet:

Other stamps of the series:

Grenada - Spiders

Date of issue: February 4th, 1976
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 1/8

Michel #: 151
Yvert #: 134
order: Araneae
family: Theraphosidae
Theraphosidae sp.

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Guinea (2009)

Date of issue: 2009
Name of issue: Les araignées (spiders)
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 7/7

What a desaster this issue is. A nice mixt of soccer player and spiders!?!?!

There is a mistake in the name on one of the stamps. And they have used three times the same species on three different stamps, not very original.

But, very worthy of noting, this series contains the only official amblypygi stamp I know of (there is another one from the Nothern Territories of Japan, but it is a local-cinderella stamp)! But it is still written "The Spiders" on that stamp, I guess we cannot ask for too much.

SOUVENIR SHEET 1



Michel #: ?
order: Araneae
**mistake on species, listed as Damon tibialis
(amblypygi species) and the animal is clearly a spider



Michel #: ?
order: Amblypygi
family: Phrynichidae
Damon tibialis



Michel #: ?
order: Araneae
family: Araneidae
Aranoethra butleri Pocock, 1899



Michel #: ?
order: Araneae
family: Theraphosidae
Phoneyusa celerierae Smith, 1990



Michel #: ?
order: Araneae
family: Theraphosidae
Phoneyusa celerierae Smith, 1990



Michel #: ?
order: Araneae
family: Theraphosidae
Phoneyusa celerierae Smith, 1990

Souvenir sheet:

Lower left crop:

order: Araneae
family: Sicariidae
Loxosceles fontainei Millot, 1941

order: Araneae
family: ?



SOUVENIR SHEET 2:



Michel #: ?
order: Araneae
family: Araneidae
Argiope aemula (Walckenaer, 1841)

Souvenir sheet:

I will take time to translate for you what is written on that souvenir sheet as it is well worth it:

"There are over 2000 species of spiders in Africa; it is therefore impossible to name them all. We will mention four of the genus  Agelena. The Agelena is a sociable species, with its "sisters", Agelena consociata or Agelena republicana or as well Agelena gracilensis or Agelena naevia."

So what is the point of that? They name four species, none of them are shown on the stamps. It is completely random. Also, Agelena gracilensis was tranferred in the genus Allagelena in 2006, three years before this issue. Not to mention the soccer player, what is going on here?