Existing comment:
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
The Southern Magnolia is an evergreen tree that can reach 100 feet in height. Ordinary seedling trees may take 15 years to blossom and then bear flowers, which can grow up to twelve inches in diameter. The magnolia's seeds hang from the cone by white silky threads. |