1. Paper ambassadors of science.
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Parker, Philip
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POSTAGE stamp design , *POSTAGE stamps , *BOTANICAL gardens - Abstract
The article discusses postage stamps that have been issued by Britain’s Royal Mail throughout the years and examines the latest set, which commemorates the founding of the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew, England. This set belongs to the Action for Species series, which depicts threatened species in Great Britain. Other sets of stamps have featured evolutionary theorist Charles Darwin and England’s Queen Elizabeth II.
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- 2009
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