Beautiful Blooms

October 4, 2017

Stamp art showing magnolia flower — Download pmg_12_1472_1_4a.jpg

32c Southern Magnolia approved stamp art

ISSUE Flowering Trees
MEDIUM paper; gouache
ILLUSTRATOR John Dawson
ART DIRECTOR Howard Paine
FIRST DAY OF ISSUE March 19, 1998

This design portrays the Southern Magnolia in an old-fashioned botanical print style, and the artwork is one of five art pieces used in the design of a five-set stamp issue. The Southern Magnolia is the state flower of Mississippi and Louisiana, and the fragrant flower may grow 12 inches across and blooms in the spring or early summer.

The United States Postal Service, Postmaster General’s Collection

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