Plant 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.

The existence of human beings and animals would be impossible without plants, that's why they are so important. Therefore, a lot of countries issue postage items depicting various plants.

January 24, 2011, Finland issued a set of 2 self-adhesive stamps called Birch:

Each stamp in this set is a plant stamp showing a traditional plant – birch.

The United Nations General Assembly declared 2011 the International Year of Forests. That year postage items under the title Europa Forests were issued in a great number of countries. For example, May 4, 2011, Guernsey issued an interesting souvenir sheet called Europa Forests:

Every plant stamp depicts a plant – acorn, walnut, and chestnut.
September 8, 2011, Austria issued an unusual souvenir sheet called Europa Forests:

This souvenir sheet represents a bag with real spruce seeds. This means that humans should plant forests not cut them down.
February 8, 2011, Jersey issued Forests FDC:

This FDC is very beautiful: there is a plant on the cover, each stamp is a plant stamp, and postmark is plant-shaped.
Europa Forests souvenir sheet was issued on April 21, 2011, in Montenegro:

A large number of plants contain a lot of vitamins which are quite necessary for us. Several countries issue postage stamps with the image of fruits. For example, September 4, 2008, Switzerland issued a self-adhesive stamp called Traditional Fruits:

A set of 5 self-adhesive stamps called Tropical Fruit was issued on June 27, 2007 by Vanuatu:

April 27, 2009, Portugal issued a souvenir sheet called Tropical and Subtropical Fruits from Madeira (Banana):

Stamps with the images of berries are quite interesting for collectors. For example, March 16, 2010, Croatia issued a set of 3 stamps called Croatian Flora:

Some countries issue postage stamps showing roots. For example, September 20, 2010, Faroe Islands issued a set of 2 stamps called Potatoes and Root Vegetables:

Each stamp is this set is a plant stamp.
A set of 2 stamps called Autumn Harvest was issued on September 25, 2008, in Sweden:

Quite interesting for some philatelists are stamps with the images of cereals. For example, Switzerland issued a set of 4 self-adhesive stamps called Cereals on September 4, 2008:

A lot of plants represent a source of essential drugs, so they are shown on the postage items of some countries. Thus Montserrat issue Medicinal Plants souvenir sheet on March 15, 2011:

Each stamp on this sheet is a plant stamp.
Quite interesting FDC called Native Trees was issued on February 1, 2012, by New Zealand:

There are a lot of exciting subjects of the postage items depicting images of various plants. Collecting of stamps and other postage items on a particular subject requires a lot of time and energy. We believe we will be very helpful in such difficult yet interesting work.