Winfield Flower Shoppe sells Postage Stamps

March 15, 2005

Stamp News Release No. 05-014www.usps.com

SPRING FLOWERS BLOSSOM STAMPS

Echoing the real flowers at the Chicago Flower & Garden Show, four beautiful postage stamps honoring the iris, hyacinth, tulip and daffodil were dedicated today. These flowers are mainstays in gardens coast-to-coast, symbolizing new beginnings with their light pastel colors giving a hint of the summer colors to come."These four stamps truly dramatize each of these gorgeous flowers at the height of their beauty," said Jo Ann Feindt, Vice President, Area Operations, Great Lakes Area, U.S. Postal Service, who dedicated the stamps. "They are sure to be favorites among the public and stamp collectors.

Watercolor paintings of the iris, hyacinth, tulip and daffodil

by Massachusetts artist Christopher Pullman for the Spring Flowers stamps are based on photographs of blossoms purchased at a Boston flower market and images found in garden catalogs.

Did you know that

Winfield Flower Shoppe

sells

Postage stamps?

Taken from the US postal service web site.