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Insect Stamp of Dominican Republic

In Hispaniola Island that floats in the Caribbean Sea, The Dominican Republic and Haiti of French-speaking world are sharing. A country size of the Dominican Republic is half degree of Hokkaido.
Columbus visited a shore in 1492 year, and became to Spain territory, after 1795 became French territory , in 1844 became independent after process occupied by neighboring country Haiti since 1822 from orchids territory. But it was merged with Spain again in 1861 year and achieved independence in 1865.
As a beetle stamp of the nature protection, four kinds of stamps describing the Insect were issued from this Dominican Republic in 1999.

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