Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 2/3
I am thrilled I finally found this issue. I had discovered it on a Russian site some time ago, but could not source out a dealer that had them. They seem to be quite uncommon.
Even though they are not official post stamps, I could not consider my collection complete without them. It is the only pseudoscorpion stamp that I know of and only the second opiliones depicted on a souvenir sheet. I am normally not keen at all about photographs on stamps (I much prefer art work), but for these seldom shown orders of arachnids, I am willing to take anything!
Sadly, the pseudoscorpion is not properly identified, the genus Nesticus is a spider genus of the Nesticidae family and the species listed on the stamp is now changed to Carpathonesticus birsteini (Charitonov, 1947).
There is a gimmicky holographic version of the souvenir sheet as well (see below). Also to be noted, the non-arachnid stamp is a myriapoda stamp.
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| Michel #: none order: Pseudoscorpion **species listed is a spider (see text from blog entry) |
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| Michel #: none order: Araneae family: Nesticidae Carpathonesticus zaitzavi (Charitanov, 1939) *Nesticus zaitzavi on stamp |
Souvenir sheet:
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| Michel #: none order: Opiliones (on souvenir sheet) family: Nemastomatidae Nemaspela abchasica (Lyovushkin & Starobogatov, 1963) |
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| 3D holographic version |
Other stamp of this series:
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| Michel #: none subphylum: Myriapoda order: Julida family: Julidae Archileucogeorgia abchasica Lohmander, 1936 |
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