Plants and flowers from around the world

 

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Botanical stamps

There are many beautiful and intriguing pictures of botanical specimens on stamps, not just flowers on stamps, also trees, and even fruit and vegetables! Here is a small selection of some favourites, with more to come. You could frame a small selection, or use them as illustrations for your own special guide to plants of the world.

Postally used stamps have been specially selected for light postmarks, which sometimes means rejecting around four fifths of the stamps available, so that you get the very best. The postmarks will vary from the one in the picture, and you are welcome to a refund if you don't like the postmark. The mint stamps are all unmounted.

If you want to ask about any botanical stamps from this period you are especially looking for, you can email me c/o alisonlever@yahoo.co.uk

 

Australia These Australian flowers come from a 1968 series of state floral emblems. The 13c Pink Heath is the emblem for Victoria, the 15c Blue Gum is Tasmania's flower, the 20c Sturt's Desert Pea is the emblem for South Australia, and the 30c Waratah is the emblem for New South Wales. They are all available at 15p each. would you like to buy a stamp?	,,,, ,,,, Click on previews to see enlarged images
Barbados These Barbadian Orchids came out in 1974, and are the jewels in any botanicals collection. I have a good selection of the orchids, including the 50c (not depicted) which is the same design as the 45c. All of these are strikingly beautiful designs, and the make an impressive display if you group them together. Description Price 3c Dendrobium Rose Marie £0.65 4c Epidendrum Ibaguense £0.65 5c Scomburgkia Humboldtii £0.45 8c Oncidium Ampliatum £0.65 10c Arachnis Maggie Oei £0.45 12c Dendrobium Aggregatum £0.95 15c Paphiopedilum Puddle £0.65 20c Spathoglottis The Gold £0.95 25c Epidendrum Ciliare (Eyelash) £0.45 35c Bletia Patula £0.95 45c Phalaenopsis Schilleriana Sunset Glow £0.65 50c (not depicted, same design as 45c) £0.95 would you like to buy a stamp?	..,, .... .. .. Click on previews to see enlarged images
Bermuda These four stamps came out in 1970, and are part of a series showing local flowers. Illustrated: Description Price 4c Bermudiana £0.20 5c Poinsettia £0.30 30c Teccma £0.50 36c Angel's Trumpet £0.95 40c Angel's Trumpet £0.95 The 36c and 40c have the same design but the 40c is rarer. Also available: Description Price 2c Bottlebrush £0.25 3c Oleader £0.20 9c Cereus £0.55 10c Bougainvilla £0.30 12c Jacaranda £0.40 15c Coralita £0.95 20c Coralita £0.95 25c Morning Glory £0.95   would you like to buy a stamp?	Click on previews to see enlarged images
Canada This 17c stamp showing Garden Flowers was issued in 1980 for the International Flower Show in Montreal. It costs just £0.15.   would you like to buy a stamp?	Click on previews to see enlarged images
Guernsey The 5p Solanum stamp was issued on 1978 as a Christmas stamp, and is available at £0.10.	Click on previews to see enlarged images
Guyana These stamps came out in 1971, and are part of a series of local flowering plants. Others in the series are available, such as the 3c Hanging Heliconia, the 6c Cannon-ball Tree, the 20c Pahinia Critstata, the 25c Marabunta and the 40c Tiger Beard, all at £0.35 each. Description Price 2c Allamanda Cathartica (Yellow Allamanda) £0.20 5c Bixa Orellana (Annato Tree) £0.20 10c Cattleya Violacea £0.30 15c Oncidium Lanceanum (Christmas Orchid) £0.30   would you like to buy a stamp?	.. .. Click on previews to see enlarged images
Jamaica The 1c Pimento and 2c Red Ginger came out in 1972. They are medium-sized stamps which cost 10p each. would you like to buy a stamp?	.... Click on previews to see enlarged images
New Zealand These medium-sized New Zealand stamps depicting roses came out in 1975. The 1c Sterling Silver, 2c Lili Marlene, 3c Queen Elizabeth, 4c Super Star, 5c Diamond Jubilee, 6c Cresset, 7c Michelle Meillard, and 8c Josephine Beaucet, all cost £0.15 each. would you like to buy a stamp?	......... .......... .... Click on previews to see enlarged images
Papua The 7c Dendobium Bracteosum was issued in 1974, as part of a series dedicated to floral conservation. It costs £0.15. would you like to buy a stamp?	Click on previews to see enlarged images
Poland The 5z Iris Siberica and 10z Azalea Pontica are part of a series of protected plants that were issued in 1967. They cost £0.10 each. would you like to buy a stamp?	.... Click on previews to see enlarged images
South Africa The 1c Iris, 2c Wild Heath (Erica blenna), 3c Geranium (Pelargonium) and 4c Arum Lily (Ethiopian Lily) all came out in 1974, and cost £0.15 each. The succulents came out in 1977. The 3c Protea nerifolia, 4c P longifolia, 5c P cyanoides, 10c P aristata and 15c P eximia, depicted here, cost £0.15 each. Also available are the 1c P repens, 2c P punctata, and 20c P magnifica at £0.15 each, the 6c P canaliculata, 8c P mundii, 9c P roupelliae, 30c P amplexicaulis, and 50c P leucospermum at £0.25 each, and the 7c P lorea, 1r Panoramus reflexus and 2r Orothamnus zeyheri at £0.65 each.   would you like to buy a stamp?	......... ........ .......... Click on previews to see enlarged images
Trinidad and Tobago These three stamps are from a 1969 series which all have die-stamped silver or gold Queen's head, which show up as black when the stamps are scanned. The 1c Cocoa Beans and 30c Chaconia Plant cost £0.15 each, and the $1 Poui Tree costs £0.25. would you like to buy a stamp?	.. Click on previews to see enlarged images
Australia Australian landscapes vary widely from the wild beauty of the outback, to more tranquil coastal locations. Red Gums of the Far North is a painting by H Heysen, which is depicted in this very large $2 stamp, which was issued in 1974. The series of landscapes were issued in 1976. 25c £0.45 35c £0.45 50c £0.50 70c Also available: 85c Ayers Rock at £0.95 Description Price   Red Gums of the Far North £0.15 5c Richmond Bridge £0.15 25c Broken Bay NS Wales £0.15 35c Wittenoon Gorge WA £0.15 50c Mount Buffalo £0.25 70c Barrier Reef £0.25   would you like to buy a stamp?	... ... Click on previews to see enlarged images
Trinidad and Tobago Truly tropical landscapes from Trinidad and Tobago. The 50c stamp depicting Maracas Bay was issued in 1969, and has a silver Queen's head, which shows up as black when scanned. It is quite rare, and costs £0.95. The 10c and 20c stamps show local landscapes painted by Cabazon, and were issued in 1976. Both cost £0.15. Also available from this series are the 35c and 45c paintings by Cabazon, both at £0.20 each. would you like to buy a stamp?	.. Click on previews to see enlarged images

 

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Ordering stamps:
Please allow £0.95 pounds (95p) if you come from anywhere in Europe, and £1.50 if orders are to be sent elsewhere. The postage charge is the same however many stamps you buy. This means that it's cheaper to buy more than one stamp, because the cost of packaging and postage is less per stamp. This reflects the time spent ensuring that the stamps are packed so that they arrive to you safely - it takes about the same time for one stamp as for larger orders.

Your stamps will be sent as soon as I receive payment. You can return the stamps and obtain a refund if they are not what you expected. Paypal is preferred, though other forms of payment can be negotiated. Euros are welcome as well as pound sterling.