Insect Stamp of United States of AmericaInsect Stamp of United States of AmericaUnited 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.
Three kinds of normal stamps which drew the insect were issued from the United States of America in 1987.
16 kinds of normal stamps which drew the insect, four kinds of normal stamps describing the spider, and a total of 20 kinds were issued in 1999.
United States of America
1987.6.13 Normal Stamp
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| Wanderer Butterfly Danaus plexippus (Danaidae) |
Luna Moth Actias luna (Saturniidae) |
Convergent Ladybird Hippodamia convergens (Coccinelidae) |
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| Elderberry Longhorn Beetle Desmocerus palliatus (Cerambycidae) |
Eyed Ladybird Beetle Anatis mali (Coccinelidae) |
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| Dogbane Leaf Beetle Chrysochus auratus (Chrysomelidae) |
Flower Fly Milesia virginiensis (Syrphidae) |
Assassin Bug Apiomerus apiomerus (Reduviidae) |
Ebony Jewelwing Damselfly Calopteryx macalata (Calopterygidae) |
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| Velvet Ant Dasymutilla occidentalis (Mutillidae) |
Wanderer Butterfly (Caterpillar) Danaus plexippus (Danaidae) |
Wanderer Butterfly Danaus plexippus (Danaidae) |
Eastern Hercules Beetle Dynastes tityus (Scarabaeidae) |
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| Bombardier Beetle Brachinus brachinus (Carabidae) |
Dung Beetle Phanaeus vindex (Scarabaeidae) |
Spotted Water Beetle Thermonectus marmoratus (Dytiscidae) |
True Katydid Pterophylla camellifolia (Tettigoniidae) |
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| Periodical Cicada Magicicada magicicada (Cicadidae) |
Scorpionfly Panorpa nuptialis (Panorpidae) |
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