Insect Stamp of Iceland

It is an opening of Iceland that a Norwegian settled in the uninhabited volcanic island which raised Hokkaido a little in the ninth century. It formed republican form of government in 930 and established the Diet where the world was oldest. Norway, a follower of Denmark receive it afterwards and get autonomy in 1904. It became an independent kingdom under Denmark sovereignty in 1918 and became independent as a republic in 1944.
Two kinds of stamps on which a Insect was drawn were issued in 2004 ,2005 ,2006, 2007 and 2009 from this Iceland.

Republic of Iceland
2004.10.8 Insect Stamp
Ground Beetle
Hebria gyllenhali
(Harpalidae)
White-tailed Bumble Bee
Bombus lucorum
(Anthophoridae)


2005.4.14 Insect Stamp
Garden Spider
Araneus diadematus
(Araneidae)
House Fly
Musca domestica
(Muscidae)

2006.11.2 Insect Stamp
Norwegian Wasp
Dolichovespula norwegica
(Vespidae)
11-Spotted Ladybird
Coccinella undecimpunctata
(Coccinelidae)

2007.11.8 Insect Stamp
Crane Fly
Prionocera turcica
(Tipulidae)
European Birch Aphids
Euceraphis punctipenni
(Aphididae)

2009.1.29 Insect Stamp
Moth Fly
Psychoda phalaenoides
(Psychodidae)
Raven Spider
Gnaphosa lapponum
(Gnaphosidae)


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