Animal Stamp of USAAnimal Stamp of USAUnited States of America (USA) is federate nation 50 states comprising 48 states of mainland, Alaska and Hawaiian, and an area is about 25 times of Japan. Columbus arrived at this continent in 1492 which assumed an Indian indigenous people, and the U.K. built the first colony in State of existing Virginia in 1607. The Puritan who stepped on Mayflower in 1620 arrives at it. It captured new Amsterdam that a Dutchman built in 1644 and assumed it New York. The U.K. built 13 colonies in Atlantic coast by 1730's. It developed for the British mainland and an opposition with the colony side in the beginning that the British mainland was going to force taxation in a colony side and entered into an independence war in 1775, and 13 states of eastern parts declared independence in 1776 and received British armed forces surrender in 1781, and the U.K. approved independence afterwards in 1783. It obtained California by transfer from Mexico in 1840's and was almost settled in a current country. It participated in World War I in 1917 and came to achieve the part of world reader. On the other hand, there is birth of the Soviet Union, too, and, in World War II back, Korean War, Cuban Missile crisis will face each other as East-West two great rivals.
50 kinds of stamps on which it drew a bird and the flower which represented each state in 1982 were issued as a large-sized seat by this United States of America.
United States of America
1982.4.14 Normal Stamp
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| Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella (Emberizidae) |
Willow Grouse Lagopus lagopus (Tetraonidae) |
Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus (Troglodytidae) |
Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos (Mimidae) |
California Valley Quail Lophortyx californica (Phasianidae) |
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| Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys (Emberizidae) |
Indian Blue Chat Erithacus brunneus (Muscicapidae) |
Blue Hen Chicken Gallus gallus domesticus (Phasianidae) |
Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos (Mimidae) |
Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum (Mimidae) |
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| Hawaiian Goose Branta sandvicensis (Anatidae) |
Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides (Turdidae) |
Red-crested Cardinal Paroaria coronata (Thraupidae) |
Red-crested Cardinal Paroaria coronata (Thraupidae) |
American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis (Fringillidae) |
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| Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta (Icteridae) |
Red-crested Cardinal Paroaria coronata (Thraupidae) |
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis (Pelecanidae) |
Black-capped Chickadee Parus atricapillus (Paridae) |
Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula (Icteridae) |
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| Black-capped Chickadee Parus atricapillus (Paridae) |
Indian Blue Chat Erithacus brunneus (Muscicapidae) |
Common Loon Gavia immer (Gaviidae) |
Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos (Mimidae) |
Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis (Turdidae) |
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| Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta (Icteridae) |
Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta (Icteridae) |
Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides (Turdidae) |
Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus (Fringillidae) |
American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis (Fringillidae) |
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| Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus (Cuculidae) |
Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis (Turdidae) |
Red-crested Cardinal Paroaria coronata (Thraupidae) |
Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta (Icteridae) |
Red-crested Cardinal Paroaria coronata (Thraupidae) |
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| Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus (Tyrannidae) |
Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta (Icteridae) |
Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus (Tetraonidae) |
Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus domesticus (Phasianidae) |
Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus (Troglodytidae) |
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| Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus (Phasianidae) |
Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos (Mimidae) |
Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos (Mimidae) |
California Gull Larus californicus (Sternidae) |
Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus (Turdidae) |
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| Red-crested Cardinal Paroaria coronata (Thraupidae) |
American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis (Fringillidae) |
Red-crested Cardinal Paroaria coronata (Thraupidae) |
Indian Blue Chat Erithacus brunneus (Muscicapidae) |
Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta (Icteridae) |
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| Muskellunge Esox masquinongy (Esocidae) |
Atlantic Cod Gadus morhua (Gadidae) |
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| Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides (Centrarchidae) |
Bluefin Tuna Thunnus orientalis (Scombridae) |
Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus (Ictaluridae) |
After Pacific War end of 1945, U.S.A. which occupied Japan divided Okinawa that was old Ryukyu kingdom territory and Amami islands of Kagoshima prefecture from Japan, and placed it under military administration as trust territory. Most of inhabitants expected return to Japan, and Okinawa return to Japan was carried out in 1972.
An original postage stamp was issued as Ryukyu from 1948 to 1972.
Ryukyu Tortoise Series
| 1965.10.26 Ryukyu | 1966.1.20 Ryukyu | 1966.4.20 Ryukyu |
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| Yellow-margined Box Turtle Cuora flavomarginata (Testudinidae) |
Hawksbill Turtle Eretmochelys imbricata (Cheloniidae) |
Ryukyu Black-breasted Leaf Turtle Geoemyda japonica (Batagurdae) |
| 1966.12.20 Ryukyu | 1967.1.19 Ryukyu | 1967.4.10 Ryukyu | 1967.5.25 Ryukyu | 1967.6.10 Ryukyu |
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| Tomato Clownfish Amphiprion frenatus (Pomacentridae) |
Blue-spotted Boxfish Ostracion tuberculatus (Ostraciidae) |
Longnose Butterflyfish Forcipiger flavissimus (Chaetodontidae) |
Clown Triggerfish Balistoides conspicillum (Balistidae) |
Saddle Butterflyfish Chaetodon ephippium (Chaetodontidae) |
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