Beautiful Blooms

October 4, 2017

stamp art of robin — Download pmg_12_394_1b.jpg

20c Michigan approved stamp art

ISSUE: State Birds and Flowers
MEDIUM board; gouache
ILLUSTRATORS Arthur and Alan Singer
FIRST DAY OF ISSUE April 14, 1982

The robin, a state bird of Connecticut, Wisconsin and Michigan, is perched on the branches of a blossoming apple tree. The final stamp was part of a fifty- stamp pane designed by a father and son team. The father, Arthur, created the bird design, and Alan fashioned the flower design.

The United States Postal Service, Postmaster General’s Collection

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