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<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Stamps Feature the Birds and the Bees</SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The Associated Press<BR>Wednesday, </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">June 27, 2007</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">; </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">11:57 AM</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">WASHINGTON</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> -- A new set of postage stamps will feature the birds and the bees _ and more.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Don't worry, it's all quite respectable.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The four-stamp set, going on sale Friday, focuses on the importance of pollination by illustrating creatures that are active in that process _ birds, bees, butterflies and bats.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The 41-cent stamps will be released in a ceremony at the Agriculture Department. They show four wildflowers, the purple nightshade, hummingbird trumpet, saguaro and prairie ironweed. Shown busy pollinating them are two Morrison's bumblebees, a calliope hummingbird, a lesser long-nosed bat and a Southern dogface butterfly.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The stamps were designed by artist Steve Buchanan of </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Winsted</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Conn</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><FONT face=Arial color=#333333 size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">These images provided by the U.S. Postal Service shows the four postage stamps focusing on the importance of pollination by illustrating creatures that are active in that process, birds, bees, butterflies bats. The 41-cent stamps, designed by artist Steve Buchanan of </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#333333 size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Winsted</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#333333 size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#333333 size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Conn.</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#333333 size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, will be released in a ceremony at the Agriculture Department in </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#333333 size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Washington</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#333333 size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, Friday, June 29. (AP Photo/USPS)</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#004000 size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="12">Laurie Davies Adams<BR>Executive Director<BR>Coevolution Institute<BR>423 Washington St. 5th<BR>San Francisco, CA 94111<BR>415 362 1137<BR>LDA@coevolution.org<BR><A title=http://www.coevolution.org/ href="http://www.coevolution.org/">http://www.coevolution.org/</A></FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#004000 size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="12"><BR><A title=http://www.pollinator.org/ href="http://www.pollinator.org/">http://www.pollinator.org/</A></FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#004000 size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="12"><BR><A title=http://www.nappc.org/ href="http://www.nappc.org/">http://www.nappc.org/</A></FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#004000 size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="12"><BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">Bee Ready for National Pollinator Week: June 24-30, 2007. Contact us <BR>for more information at www.pollinator.org </FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#004000 size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="12"><BR><BR><B><I>Our future flies on the wings of pollinators.</B></I></FONT></DIV><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">See what's free at <A title="http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000503" href="http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000503" target="_blank">AOL.com</A>. </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>