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

Name: Robert Burns 250th AnniversaryDate of Issue: 22 January, 2009Denominations:1st, 2nd, 1st, 50, 81, 1st Robert Burns, one of the world’s greatest poets, and Scotland’s national bard, was born 250 years ago into a farming family at Alloway in Ayrshire in 1759. The brilliance Burns displayed as a child did not reach a wider public [...]

Name: British Design ClassicsDate of Issue: 13 January, 2009Denominations: 1st class x 10 –Supermarine Spitfire–Mini Skirt–The Mini–Anglepoise Lamp–Concorde–K2 Telephone Kiosk–Polypropylene Chair–Penguin Books–London Underground Map–Routemaster www.mycovercollection.blogspot.com