British jersey is located in the France slippage to the English Channel which faces across Britain and France, and a size is at least Izu Peninsula. A jersey island is a population of about 90,000. About 800 years have maintained administrative organization and a taxation system original as a self-governing dominion under British dynasty protection. The deposit from overseas and investment go up to 90 billion pound (about 14,400 billion yen) for low tax rates, and 80% of the income of this island is called finance business. Moreover, it is famous also as the place of origin of many jersey milk subsequently to the Holstein milk.
Six kinds of insect stamps were issued from this british jersey in 2002.
The stamps with world wide fund for nature contribution which drew two kinds of insects and two kinds of animals were issued in 2004.
Six kinds of insect stamps were issued in 2008.
British Jersey
2002.6.18 Insect Stamp
Western Honeybee Apis mellifera (Apidae) |
Seven-spotted Ladybird Beetle Coccinella septempunctata (Coccinelidae) |
Great Green Bush Cricket Tettigonia viridissima (Tettigoniidae) |
Yellow-horned Horntail Urocerus gigas (Siricidae) |
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator (Aeschnidae) |
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale (Acanthosomatidae) |
2004.7.27 Insect Stamp
Ant Lion Fly Euroleon nostras (Myrmeleontidae) |
Field Cricket Gryllus campestris (Gryllidae) |
2008.9.8 Insect Stamp
Carpenter Bee Xylocopa violacea (Anthophoridae) |
Buff-tailed Bumble Bee Bombus terrestris (Anthophoridae) |
Clown-faced Bug Pyrrhocoris apterus (Pyrrhocoridae) |
Large Migrant Hoverfly Volucella zonaria (Syrphidae) |
Ruby-tailed Wasp Chrysis ignita (Chrysididae) |
22-Spotted Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata (Coccinellidae) |