Togo (2021)

Date of issue: 2021

Name of issue: Les arachnides (Arachnids)
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 5/?

A great improvement recently in the African issues, switching from the photographic mess of 2019 and moving on with some great art work. 

I am presuming these are original drawings from descriptions. They are all species that have been described a long time ago. The artworks all have distinct look. I really enjoy this series.

African stamps are often all similar for the same year, all printed at the same place. It is quite boring actually, just mass production for thematic collectors. You can see similar series from Chad and Sao Tome & Principe.

Interestingly, all spiders shown on stamps are mature males, the only female is the Parasteatoda tepidariorum on the souvenir sheet!

Michel #: ?
order: Araneae
family: Theridiidae
Parasteatoda lunata (Clerck, 1757) ♂

Michel #: ?
order: Araneae
family: Theraphosidae
Harpactira atra (Latreille, 1832) ♂

Michel #: ?
order: Araneae
family: Theridiidae
Parasteatoda tepidariorum (C. L. Koch, 1841) ♂

Michel #: ?
order: Araneae
family: Theraphosidae
Kochiana brunnipes (C. L. Koch, 1841) ♂

Michel #: ?
order: Araneae
family: Theridiidae
Phylloneta sisyphia (L. Koch, 1881) ♂

Souvenir sheets:

Michel #: none / souvenir sheet only
order: Araneae
family: Theraphosidae
Lasiodora klugi (C. L. Koch, 1841) ♂

family: Theridiidae
Parasteatoda tepidariorum (C. L. Koch, 1841) ♀