HOLLY, European Holly, Ilex aquifolium
Another stamp from the Royal Mail series CHRISTMAS which came out in 2002.
Since I don't have any photos of Holly a friend of mine, living in Leeds, UK, kindly went out looking for Holly bushes to snap, in 2011 and this month.
Ilex aquifolium is mentioned in THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN number 72, April 2013, page 9.
JERUSALEM'S BOTANICAL GARDENS by Michael Avishai