Saturday, May 24, 2014

Tanzania (1994)

Date of issue: August 31st, 1994
Name of issue: Arachnids
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 8/8

A classic arachnid series, almost everyone knows about that one! The art work is fantastic, one of the best series of all time.


Michel #: 1798
Scott #: 1235
Yvert #: 1585
sub-class: Acari
family: Trombidiidae
Trombidium sp.

















Michel #: 1799
Scott #: 1236
Yvert #: 1586
order: Araneae
family: Theraphosidae
*Brachypelma smithi (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897)
Eurypelma sp. (on stamp)


















Michel #: 1780
Scott #: 1237
Yvert #: 1587
order: Araneae
family: Salticidae
Salticus sp.

































Michel #: 1781
Scott #: 1238
Yvert #: 1588
order: Araneae
family: Sparassidae
*Micrommata virescens (Clerck, 1757)
Micrommata rosea (on stamp)






























Michel #: 1802
Scott #: 1239
Yvert #: 1589
order: Araneae
family: Araneidae
Araneus sp.





























Michel #: 1803
Scott #: 1240
Yvert #: 1590
order: Araneae
family: Araneidae
Micrathena sp.





























Michel #: 1804
Scott #: 1241
Yvert #: 1591
order: Araneae
family: Araneidae
Araneus diadematus Clerck, 1757




























Michel #: 1805
Scott #: 1242
order: Scorpiones
family: Hemiscorpiidae
Hadogenes sp.





















Michel #: Block 255
Yvert #: BF 239







































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