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Scott No.: 867
Date of Issue: July 11, 1979
Set: Year of the Child
Illustration: Kenneth Grahame's Wind in the Willows (see also: Czech Republic)
See also: First Day Cover
The other stamps in the set feature illustrations from Beatrix Potter’sThe Tale of Peter Rabbit, A.A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh, and Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
Scott No.: 1144
Date of Issue: May 20, 1986
Species: Naterjack Toad (Bufo calamita)
Series: Eurpoa 1986, "Conservation"
See also: Maximum Card, First Day Cover
Other species in the set include the Barn Owl, the Pine Marten, and the Wild Cat.
Scott No: 1355
Date of Issue: 1991
Set: Greetings (Luck)
Species:
Bird Species: Mallard
Taken together, all ten stamps in the series form a picture depicting various lucky (and unlucky) portents: the shooting star, the rainbow (with the requisite pot of gold at the end), the four-leaf clover. The stamp featuring the frog seems to be a play on "raining cats and dogs"--or not so much a "play on" as a literal interpretation of: cats and dogs are falling from the sky.
Scott No.: 1482
*Scott No.: 1488a (Booklet of 10)
Date of Issue: February 2, 1993
Set: Greetings
Scott No.: 1981
Date of Issue: July 16, 2001
Species:
Series: Pond Life, Europa 2001, "Water"
The series also includes the Great Diving Beetle, the Three-spined Sickleback, and the Southern Hawking Dragonfly.
See also: First Day Covers
*Scott No.: 2106
Date of Issue: February 25, 2003
Set: Secret of Life: DNA and the Genome
Issued on the 50th anniversary of the discovery of DNA.
*Scott No.: 2334
Date of Issue: January 10, 2006
Set: Animal Tales
The frog stamp pictures Mr. Jeremy Fisher from the eponymous story by Beatrix Potter.
Scott No.:
Date of Issue: April 30, 2009
Set: Smilers: The World of Beatrix Potter Jeremy Fisher
This was cut from a souvenir sheet; there are four labels picturing Jeremy Fisher.
Scott No: 2893c
Date of Issue: March 22, 2011
Species: Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates tinctorius)
Bird Species: Hyancith Macaw
The souvenir sheet was Great Britain's issue for Europa 2011; the theme was "Forests," in conjunction with the UN International Year of the Forests. Note also the WWF logo. Other species include the Hyacinth Macaw, the Spider Monkey, and the Jaguar. The text reads: The Amazon Rainforest is home to one in ten known species of life on earth, but every minute an area the size of three football pitches is lost."
*Scott No.: 3718
Date of Issue: April 17, 2018
Set: Reintroduced Species
Species: Pool Frog (Peylophylax lessonae)
According to the Royal Mail: "This special collection of stamps and collectibles illustrates the UK's successfully restored wildlife--including the Eurasian beaver, osprey, pool frog, sand lizard, large-blue butterfly and striking hawk's beard."
Scott No.:
Date of Issue: March 11, 2025
Set: Garden Wildlife
Species: Common Frog
Scott No.: BK242
Date of Issue: 1980
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