Trees On Stamps :

The Third World Forestry Congress was held in Helsinki, Finland, July 1949. Finland issued a set of two stamps to mark the event:





Souvenir Cover

Those of you familiar with the tree species of Canada will recognize the person named on Lorddenning's cover as R.C. Hosie who was associated with a long-running book series involving many editions and entitled "Native Trees of Canada".

cynical

Thanks for pointing this out. It makes this lovely cover even more special.

Chinese banyan (Ficus microcarpa), printed by lithography, and issued for use in Hong Kong on June 16, 1988, Scott No. 523.

- nethryk

Some of the oldest Olive trees in the world.......



A fund for trees !



Londonbus1...looking for a stamp fund !

Yes, a stamp fund is a great idea!

One of my favorite trees.




Scott 1464 - 65

Coconut grove on Cayman Brac, engraved and printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co., Ltd., and issued for use in Cayman Islands on July 7, 1954, Scott No. 136.

- nethryk

Here is an image of an airmail stamp depicting baobab trees (Adansonia digitata) and an airplane, designed and engraved by René Cottet, and issued for use in French West Africa on September 20, 1954, Scott No. C20, plus a photo of one of these massive trees and an elephant. Note how in the stamp's design Cottet has included a group of people standing near the base of the tree, evidently to provide scale.

- nethryk

Here is an image of a stamp depicting a venerable Panama tree (Sterculia apetala), engraved and printed by American Bank Note Company, and issued by Panama on December 1, 1936 as one of a set of 16 stamps publicizing the 4th Postal Congress of the Americas and Spain, Scott No. 279.

- nethryk

CHILE 1936
Araucaria tree in the National Park of Lonquimay
Designed by Alberto Matthey and printed in Offset-Litho by TEV.Chile

The Sgerm`s pine (2011)



The Sgerm`s Pine in the Ribnica Pohorje is an exceptional tree. At 61.8 metres it is the tallest pine tree in Central Europe. It is a tree of the past. Approximately three hundred years ago a seed fell onto the fertile soil and the pine began to sprout and grow higher and higher. Today it is a natural monument.

Foe the topic.

Here is an image of a stamp depicting a tree with its roots in the earth, a perching hornbill, and the sun, designed and engraved by René Quillivic, and issued by Niger on August 2, 1975 to publicize National Tree Week, Scott No. 327.

- nethryk