Insect Stamp of British Alderney

British Alderney is a small island of which area is egnht square km, floats in English Channel across U.K. and France. A person of 2000 several hundred lives, and it was known for a milk cow of Alderney class, but sightseeing is the center now. When R.M.S. was made a public corporation in 1969, it issued an original stamp afterward. The stamp of British Alderney introduced geography and the history including scenery and the animals and plants of the island is central.
Ten kinds of stamps describing the insect and the plant were issued in 1994 and 1997 by this British Alderney (Bailiwick of Guernsey).
A small seat constituted from six kinds of bee stamps for the habits was issued in 2009.
A small seat constituted from six kinds of dragonfly stamps was issued in 2010.
A small seat constituted from six kinds of beetle stamps was issued in 2013.
A small seat constituted from six kinds of ladybird beetle stamps was issued in 2014.

British Alderney (Bailiwick of Guernsey)
1994.5.5 (1p,4p,5p,7p,9p,10p,16p,40p)/1997.1.2(18p,26p) Flora & Fauna Stamp
Blue-tailed Damselfly
Ischnura elegans
(Agrionidae)
Clouded Yellow Butterfly
Colias crocea
(Pieridae)
White-tailed Bumble Bee
Bombus lucorum
(Anthophoridae)
Peacock Butterfly
Inachis io
(Nymphalidae)
Great Green Bush Cricket
Tettigonia viridissima
(Tettigoniidae)
Six-spot Burnet
Zygaena filipendulae
(Zygaenidae)
Common Blue Butterfly
Polyommatus icarus
(Lycaenidae)
Thread-Waisted Wasp
Ammophila sabulosa
(Sphecidae)
Small Tortoiseshell
Aglais urticae
(Nymphalidae)
Emperor Moth
Saturnia pavonia
(Saturniidae)


2009.2.26 Bee Stamp
Tawny Mining Bee
Andrena fulva
(Andrenidae)
Early Bumble Bee
Bombus pratorum
(Anthophoridae)
Bug Mining Bee
Colletes daviesanus
(Colletidae)
Gooden's Nomad Bee
Nomada goodeniana
(Apidae)
Solotaly Bee
Halictus scabiosae
(Halictidae)
Western Honeybee
Apis mellifera
(Apidae)

2010.2.25 Dragonfly Stamp
Common Darter Dragonfly
Sympetrum striolatum
(Libellulidae)
Emperor Dragonfly
Anax imperator
(Aeschnidae)
Blue-tailed Damselfly
Ischnura elegans
(Agrionidae)
Brown Hawker
Aeshna grandis
(Aeschnidae)
Black-tailed Skimmer
Orthetrum cancellatum
(Libellulidae)
Red Veined Darter
Sympetrum fonscolombii
(Libellulidae)

2013.2.20 Beetle Stamp
Common Rose Chafer
Cetonia aurata
(Scarabaeidae)
Carrion Beetle
Nicrophorus sp.
(Silphidae)
Green Tiger Beetle
Cicindela campestris
(Cicindelidae)
Common Cockchafer
Melolontha melolontha
(Scarabaeidae)
Black Chafer
Netocia morio
(Scarabaeidae)
Blister Beetle
Meloe sp.
(Meloidae)

2014.2.12 Ladybird Beetle Stamp
Seven-spotted Ladybird
Coccinella septempunctata
(Coccinelidae)
Seven-spotted Ladybird
Coccinella septempunctata
(Coccinelidae)
Two-spotted Ladybird
Adalia bipunctata
(Coccinelidae)
Orange Ladybird
Halyzia sedecimguttata
(Coccinelidae)
Multicolored Asian Ladybird
Harmonia axyridis
(Coccinelidae)
Multicolored Asian Ladybird
Harmonia axyridis
(Coccinelidae)


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