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		<title>Ants, Bees and Wasps on Stamps</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Take a close-up look at some rare stamps from all around the world, each depicting ants, bees, or wasps.  Some of these stamps are over 100 years old!]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Click on a stamp to enlarge:</p>
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<td valign="top"><a href="http://insects.org/images/stamps/bor0120_002.jpg"><img src="http://insects.org/images/stamps/bor0120.jpg" border="0"></a><br />
<b>Bear and Honey</b><br /><i> </i><br /><span class="stampcountry">North Borneo, 1902 &#8211; 10c</span></td>
<td valign="top"><a href="http://insects.org/images/stamps/bor0122_002.jpg"><img src="http://insects.org/images/stamps/bor0122.jpg" border="0"></a><br />
<b>Bear and Honey</b><br /><i> </i><br /><span class="stampcountry">North Borneo, 1902 &#8211; 10c</span></td>
<td valign="top"><a href="http://insects.org/images/stamps/idn0429_002.jpg"><img src="http://insects.org/images/stamps/idn0429_002.jpg" border="0"></a><br />
<b>Pangolin with Ants</b><br /><i> </i><br /><span class="stampcountry">Indonesia, 1956 &#8211; 35s</span></td>
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<td valign="top"><a href="http://insects.org/images/stamps/idnb225_002.jpg"><img src="http://insects.org/images/stamps/idnb225.jpg" border="0"></a><br />
<b>Carpenter Bee</b><br /><i>Xylocopa flavonigrescens</i><br /><span class="stampcountry">Indonesia, 1970 &#8211; 20+2rp</span></td>
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<td valign="top"><a href="http://insects.org/images/stamps/mkd1429_002.jpg"><img src="http://insects.org/images/stamps/mkd1429_002.jpg" border="0"></a><br />
<b>Carpenter Bee</b><br /><i>Xylocopa violacea</i><br /><span class="stampcountry">Yugoslavia, 1978 &#8211; 4.9</span></td>
<td valign="top"><a href="http://insects.org/images/stamps/esp1125_002.jpg"><img src="http://insects.org/images/stamps/esp1125.jpg" border="0"></a><br />
<b>Honeybee</b><br /><i>Apis mellifera</i><br /><span class="stampcountry">Spain, 1962 &#8211; 1p</span></td>
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<td valign="top"><a href="http://insects.org/images/stamps/esp1126_002.jpg"><img src="http://insects.org/images/stamps/esp1126.jpg" border="0"></a><br />
<b>Honeybee</b><br /><i>Apis mellifera</i><br /><span class="stampcountry">Spain, 1962 &#8211; 5p</span></td>
<td valign="top"><a href="http://insects.org/images/stamps/rou1586_002.jpg"><img src="http://insects.org/images/stamps/rou1586_002.jpg" border="0"></a><br />
<b>Honeybees</b><br /><i>Apis mellifera</i><br /><span class="stampcountry">Romania, 1963 &#8211; 60b</span></td>
<td valign="top"><a href="http://insects.org/images/stamps/rou1587_002.jpg"><img src="http://insects.org/images/stamps/rou1587_002.jpg" border="0"></a><br />
<b>Honeybees</b><br /><i>Apis mellifera</i><br /><span class="stampcountry">Romania, 1963 &#8211; 1.2L</span></td>
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<td valign="top"><a href="http://insects.org/images/stamps/rou1588_002.jpg"><img src="http://insects.org/images/stamps/rou1588.jpg" border="0"></a><br />
<b>Honeybees</b><br /><i>Apis mellifera</i><br /><span class="stampcountry">Romania, 1963 &#8211; 1.35L</span></td>
<td valign="top"><a href="http://insects.org/images/stamps/rou1589_002.jpg"><img src="http://insects.org/images/stamps/rou1589.jpg" border="0"></a><br />
<b>Honeybees</b><br /><i>Apis mellifera</i><br /><span class="stampcountry">Romania, 1963 &#8211; 1.6L</span></td>
<td valign="top"><a href="http://insects.org/images/stamps/gin0639_002.jpg"><img src="http://insects.org/images/stamps/gin0639.jpg" border="0"></a><br />
<b>Honeybee</b><br /><i>Apis mellifera</i><br /><span class="stampcountry">Guinea, 1973 &#8211; 40f</span></td>
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<td valign="top"><a href="http://insects.org/images/stamps/cheb199_002.jpg"><img src="http://insects.org/images/stamps/cheb199.jpg" border="0"></a><br />
<b>Honeybee</b><br /><i>Apis mellifera</i><br /><span class="stampcountry">Switzerland, 1950 &#8211; 30+10c</span></td>
<td valign="top"><a href="http://insects.org/images/stamps/kor0302_002.jpg"><img src="http://insects.org/images/stamps/kor0302.jpg" border="0"></a><br />
<b>Honey Bee</b><br /><i>apis melifera</i><br /><span class="stampcountry">Korea, 1966 &#8211; 10w</span></td>
<td valign="top"><a href="http://insects.org/images/stamps/hun1187_002.jpg"><img src="http://insects.org/images/stamps/hun1187.jpg" border="0"></a><br />
<b>Honeybee</b><br /><i>Apis mellifera</i><br /><span class="stampcountry">Hungary, 1958 &#8211; 1ft</span></td>
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<td valign="top"><a href="http://insects.org/images/stamps/ita0623_002.jpg"><img src="http://insects.org/images/stamps/ita0623_002.jpg" border="0"></a><br />
<b>Honeybee</b><br /><i>Apis mellifera</i><br /><span class="stampcountry">Italy, 1953 &#8211; 25L</span></td>
<td valign="top"><a href="http://insects.org/images/stamps/cze1185_002.jpg"><img src="http://insects.org/images/stamps/cze1185.jpg" border="0"></a><br />
<b>Honeybee</b><br /><i>Apis mellifera</i><br /><span class="stampcountry">Czechoslovakia, 1963 &#8211; 1k</span></td>
<td valign="top"><a href="http://insects.org/images/stamps/rou1762_002.jpg"><img src="http://insects.org/images/stamps/rou1762_002.jpg" border="0"></a><br />
<b>Honeybee</b><br /><i>Apis mellifera</i><br /><span class="stampcountry">Romania, 1965 &#8211; 55b</span></td>
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<b>Honeybee Stylized</b><br /><i>Apis mellifera</i><br /><span class="stampcountry">Romania, 1965 &#8211; 1.60L</span></td>
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