Orchids On Singapore Stamps & World Stamps

Papua New Guinea 2012.

That set of stamps is particularily beautiful.

Orchid, airmail stamp engraved and printed by Security Banknote Company, and issued by Honduras on September 14, 1943, Scott No. C136.

- nethryk

Hi there. I just joined this forum 5 mins. ago cause I couldn't believe the great pics you have shared! What beauty!I'll try to add some from Cambodia

Could anyone let me know, btw, how I can get hold of some of these origial stamps? I would also be very very happy to receive some high resolution scans of these - I'd like to print out some as a poster... Many thanks!

Hello Pieter Staes, welcome to Stamp Community!

To buy these stamps you would look in many different places.

A local stamp show or bourse, a stamp club meeting perhaps, on eBy, on DelCampe, on other local or regional web sites.

Sites that cater to stamp collecting are also many, stamp dealers or sales-people usually have orchid stamp available as they are one of the popular collecting areas.

If you look beyond Europe to ebay and click on Worlwide or Worltweit perhaps, you may find some in or near the country of origin or from a dealer sprecialized din orchid or flower stamp.

Some collectors here who like collecting flowers may recommend a site.

Black Vanilla Orchid (Nigritella nigra, aka Gymnadenia nigra), designed by Ingalill Axelsson, engraved by Lars Sjööblom, and issued by Sweden on March 14, 1985, Scott No.1528, Facit No. 1341, plus a photo.

- nethryk

Singapore 2014 O for orchids.

France issued this lovely sheet of orchids and butterflies for the world conference on orchids in 2005 in Dijon (see cancellation).

Here are images of a miniature sheet and of the four stamps within it depicting various wild orchids, designed by Eva Jern after original artwork by Swedish soldier, artist and naturalist Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch (1770-1811) and (on the fourth one) by Swedish botanist and taxonomist Olof Peter Swartz (1760-1818), combined engraved by Zlatko Jakuš (1945- ) and photogravure, and issued by Sweden on October 9, 1982, Scott Nos. 1819a.-d., Facit Nos. 1222-25, plus some relevant photos.

- nethryk



Orchis mascula (Early-purple orchid).


Epipactis palustris (Marsh Helleborine).


Dactylorhiza sambucina (Elder-flowered Orchid).


Cypripedium calceolus (Lady's slipper orchid)

This is a classic set of Orchid stamps issued on March 20 1958.
Republic of China (Taiwan)

Venezuela "Orchids"
August 22, 1991
April 1, 1993

Venezuela "Orchids"
May 19, 1994
May 31, 1995

Venezuela "Orchids"
May 31, 1996
May 30, 1997

COLOMBIA 1978 ORQUIDEA 2,50 COP
Leo Temprano Catalog No. 1375
Dent. 12
21.000.000 pieces issued
FDC 18.04.1978

Colombia´s National Flower: Cattleya Trianae

Honduras
Orchids
Vanilla planifolia, Lycaste virginalis, Coelia bella,
Chysis laevis, Myrmecophila brysiana, Rhyncolaelia digbyana

September 25, 2002