Name: 50th Anniversary of the National Association of Flower Arranging SocietiesDate of Issue: 21 May 2009Country: Great BritainDenominations: 1st class x 2Royal Mail will not regard this as a new issue, so there will not be an official first day cover or First Day of Issue postmarks. www.mycovercollection.blogspot.com

Name: 250th Anniversary of Royal Botanic Gardens KewDate of Issue: 19 May 2009Country: Great BritainDenominations:1st Class – Palm House Built 1844-48 by Richard Turner to Decimus Burton’s designs, the Palm House is Kew’s most recognisable building, having gained iconic status as the world’s most important surviving Victorian glass and iron structure. The site was deliberately [...]

Name: Endangered PlantsDate of Issue: 19 May 2009Country: Great BritainDenominations:1st x 10 Round-Headed Leek (Allium sphaerocephalon) was first discovered in 1847, in the Avon Gorgenear Bristol. It has since been introduced in a very few, scattered locations. Floating Water-Plantain (Luronium natans) spread eastwards from its core natural habitats in the lakes of Snowdonia and mid [...]

Name: Origin of SpeciesDate of Issue: 12 February, 2009Denominations:1st class – Flightless Cormorant1st class – Giant Tortoise and Cactus Finch81p – Marine Iguana81p – Floreana Mockingbird www.mycovercollection.blogspot.com

Name: Charles Darwin-Bicentenary of BirthDate of Issue: 12 February, 2009Denominations:1st class – Charles Darwin;48p – Zoology (Marine Iguana);50p – Ornithology (Galapagos Finches);56p Geology (Pacific Atoll);72p – Botany (Bee Orchid);81p Anthropology (Orang-utan). www.mycovercollection.blogspot.com