Insect Stamp of NewZealand

Dutch Tassman visited the New Zealand in 1942 and Briton Cook visited it in 1769 in which Mario group of Polynesia of indigenous people origin put it ,live in and became a British colony in 1840. Opposition with Mario group intensified as soon as the settlement of english people got into full swing afterward, and Mario War continued until about 1870. In end of the 19th century, the women's suffrage established free compulsory education systems first in the world. Ii became the U.K. self-governing dominion in 1907 and became independent as a constitutional monarchy of the Commonwealth of Nations in 1947. It return a part of the land and do it and agree reconciliation with indigenous people Mario group.
One kind that an insect was drawn on was issued in 1993 as a booklet of ten pieces of sets by this New Zealand.
The stamp which it drew an insect on is included in five kinds of stamps which it drew a huge animal issued in 2009 on.

NewZealand
1993.6.9 Normal Stamp
Tusked Weta
Motuweta sp.
(Rhaphidophoridae)


2009.3.4 Giant Animal Stamp
Giant Weta
Deinacrida sp.
(Rhaphidophoridae)


Tokelau Islands consists of three lagoon islands, Fokaofo, Nukunono, and Atafu. "Tokelau" means "north" in the Polynesia language. Incidentally "south" is "Tonga."
The stamp describing the beetle is issued as a normal stamp of this Tokelau Islands in 1998.

NewZealandish Tokelau Islands
1998.8.24 Beetle Stamp
Taiwan Rhinoceros Beetle
Oryctes rhinoceros
(Scarabaeidae)
Rusty-red Flour Beetle
Tribolium castaneum
(Tenebrionidae)
Ladybird Beetle
Coccinella repanda
(Coccinelidae)
Darkling Beetle
Amarygmas hydrophiloides
(Tenebrionidae)


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