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<p>Postcard of an illustration of a bee orchid (Ophrys apifera), "reproduced from a stamp designed by hat-trick design and featuring photography ©2009, The Natural History Museum, London. Issued by Royal Mail on 12 February 2009" to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth.</p>

Darwin : botany.

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