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Insect Stamp of England

The U.K. is a coalition kingdom comprising England of Great Britain, Wales, Scotland and the northern parts of an Irish island. A Celt came at the time in the seventh century B.C. and entered a follower of the Rome armed forces in the first century, and an Anglo-Saxon invaded it from North Europe after the fourth century when Rome force withdrew and expelled a Celt in Wales and Scotland and built an English kingdom. French Normandy duke conquered England in 1066 and succeeded to the throne as the first William and built Norman dynasty. As for the thing of Queen Elizabeth I, It defeated a Spanish invincible armada in 1588 and established East India Company in 1600. England is united with scotland in 1707, and large Britain kingdom is formed. It passed through the Industrial Revolution of the 18th century, and construction of a modern nation was performed. On the other hand, it was just and It built a colony in sequence and built the British Empire in Africa, Asia, U.S.A., Oceania in the days of Queen Victoria of the 19th century. However, with World War II, It would hand over a world leading viewpoint to U.S.A., and a colony around African Asia became independent in sequence with the end of the war.
From Britain, five kinds of stamps describing the insect were issued in 1985. European Stag Beetle which is the insect of the Europe specialty is drawn in the pictures tone, there is dignity, and it was set to one of the favorite stamps.
One kind of stamp which it drew a fly on in commemoration of the royal microscopical society 150year anniversary was issued in 1989.
The stamp which drew Mole Cricket belonging to the same eye as Field Cricket or a batter into the "animals-and-plants Endangered Species Stamps" 6 kind published from Britain in 1998 is contained.
One kind of stamp which it drew an ant on in commemoration of Web display of life / London Zoo was issued in 2000.
Ten kinds of insect stamps were issued in 2008.

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