Insect Stamp of IcelandInsect Stamp of IcelandIt 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 and 2007 from this Iceland.
Republic of Iceland
2004.10.8 Insect Stamp
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| Ground Beetle Hebria gyllenhali (Harpalidae) |
White-tailed Bumble Bee Bombus lucorum (Anthophoridae) |
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| Garden Spider Araneus diadematus (Araneidae) |
House Fly Musca domestica (Muscidae) |
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| Norwegian Wasp Dolichovespula norwegica (Vespidae) |
11-Spotted Ladybird Coccinella undecimpunctata (Coccinelidae) |
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| Cranefly Prionocera turcica (Tipulidae) |
European Birch Aphids Euceraphis punctipenni (Aphididae) |
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| Moth Fly Psychoda phalaenoides (Psychodidae) |
Raven Spider Gnaphosa lapponum (Gnaphosidae) |
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