Animals-plants Stamps 88

Celebrates the beauty of Wild Orchids with Stamps of flowers that grow in the United States. The stamp art highlights photos taken by photographer Jim Fowler. Art director Ethel Kessler designed th...

Digital illustrations of four North American frogs grace these stamps: the Pacific tree frog, the northern leopard frog, the American green tree frog, and the squirrel tree frog. Working with a pri...

Issued in Sept 2018, these forever Stamps feature four striking designs that highlight the handsome plumage of these resident birds. During the stark winter months, it is always uplifting to see th...

Mythologized and misunderstood, few creatures capture the imagination as sharks do. Emerging long before the first dinosaurs, sharks have masterfully adapted for their ecological and predatory role...

Winter’s arrival signals a bloom of garden varieties across the United States, especially in cooler climates. In northern regions and higher elevations, snow blankets flower beds, creating an indoo...

The selvage features a photograph by Craig Goodwin showing an adult eagle perched behind two hatchlings in a nest. The issuance title, “Bald Eagle: Hatchling to Adult” is printed in large, white le...

A perennial source of beauty on U.S. Stamps, flowers provoke a swirl of emotions that transcend words. This stamp offers a bright, cheerful panorama of tulips that are sure to evoke positive feelin...

This stamp features five sunflowers as part of a bright and beautiful bouquet. As a two-ounce stamp, Sunflower Bouquet can accommodate the weight of heavy invitations for birthdays, weddings, anniv...

The Year of the Tiger stamp joyfully marks the Chinese Zodiac in the Lunar New Year series, featuring the fourth animal. Artist Camille Chew crafted the design, drawing inspiration from dragon or l...

Grocery stores today frequently mislabel many fruits and vegetables.  For example, some people know eggplants, tomatoes, and squash are all fruits, but most do not know that bananas are actually be...

Utilizing blue as the predominant color — said to be one of the lucky colors for individuals born during the Year of the Rat—the rat mask in the stamp design incorporates elements with symbolic mea...

Wearing corsages first came into fashion during the 18th and 19th centuries.  A small group of flowers was pinned to the front of a woman’s dress and worn for special occasions like weddings (the f...