The UK’s Royal Mail is getting in on the Darwin 200 celebrations by issuing its own set of ten stamps.

Of the ten, six are jigsaw shaped, supposedly to symbolise the different areas that came together in his work. There are stamps for zoology, botany, geology, ornithology and anthropology, plus one of the great man’s head (below the fold).

There’s also this very pretty set of four, that comes together to make a map of the Galapagos.

Rather brilliantly, the Royal Mail sent giant versions of the stamps to the Zoo, where the animals were able to have a look.

“The distinctive jigsaw design of the stamps is a great way to link Darwin’s vast areas of research, while the special sheet is a beautiful representation of the Galapagos Islands,” says Julietta Edgar, head of Special Stamps at the Royal Mail (press release).

Darwin honoured on new British stamps – AFP

New stamps marking Darwin’s birth – BBC

Geology – Pacific Atoll

Botany – Bee Orchid

Anthropology – Orang-utan

Ornithology – Galapagos Finches

Zoology – Galapagos Marine Iguana