Flower stamp

Philatelists interested in a particular subject are very exciting and exceptional people. They collect specific postage stamps, covers, post cards, postmarks and other types of philatelic goods.

A lot of people all over the world like flowers. This is the reason why so many collectors choose this subject for their collections. Every single collector determines his own collection strategy: focus his attention on specific postage items or products from specific countries and decides what kind of flower images he will collect on the first place.

Postage products with the images of different flowers are issued in a great number of countries. For example, Christmas stamp was issued on October 7, 2011, by Aland Islands:

Quite interesting and original set of two stamps called Dahlia was issued on April 1, 2011, in Finland. Each stamp in this set constitutes a round flower stamp:

There are a great number of flower varieties in the world, so the subjects for collection are also very different. Some philatelists collect postal products with images of cacti. For example, North Korea issued Cactus souvenir sheet on August 5, 2011:

Some collectors prefer stamps with images of orchids. Such postal items are issued in a great number of countries. Thus, June 2, 2011, Thailand issued stamps and FDC called Orchids:

Stamps and FDC with the same name were issued on May 17, 2011, by Jersey:

November 27, 2008, Montserrat issued Orchids of the Caribbean souvenir sheets:

Some collectors prefer stamps with images of peony. Such postal items can also be found in production of many countries. For example, March 8, 2010, Croatia issued Peony souvenir sheet:

The Peony Flower stamps and FDC were issued on April 21, 2011, by Pitcairn:

Postage stamp issue quite often comes along with the issuing of some additional products. That could be, for example, a First Day Cover (FDC). Collectors may be interested in such products as well because it usually includes not only a flower stamp, but an interesting appropriate postmark. The cover can be also properly designed.

Thus, Frangipani FDC was issued on May 14, 2009, by Vanuatu:

This FDC contains four flower stamps and flower-shaped postmark, which makes the cover a perfect whole.

A souvenir sheet can also be issued as an additional product. It underlines all advantages of flower stamp and can be considered as an interesting philatelic item as such.

Thus, March 25, 2011, Slovenia issued a souvenir sheet called Bog Rosemary:

Azaleas souvenir sheet was issued on July 1, 2010, in North Korea:

Along with traditional stamps there are self-adhesive stamps. This kind of stamps called Natural Heritage was issued on January 12, 2010, by Andorra (Spanish):

Sometimes postal administrations of different countries issue very unusual stamps. For example, Austria issued stamps made out of textile.

An embroidered flower stamp called Flower was issued on September 19, 2008:

It was followed by Flower edelweiss stamp, on July 19, 2005:

Collecting of stamps and other postage items on a particular subject requires a lot of time and energy, especially if collector wants a particular flower stamp. We share collectors’ passion for flowers and believe we will be very helpful in such difficult yet interesting work.