2011 Bonsai Forever Stamps Booklet of 20 - Forever - MNH

The U.S. Postal Service celebrates the beauty of the bonsai by issuing five First-Class Mail Bonsai Forever stamps.

For each stamp design, artist John D. Dawson of Hilo, HI, painted a particular style of bonsai under the direction of art director Ethel Kessler of Bethesda, MD. The stamps, from left to right are: a Sierra juniper in semi-cascade style; a trident maple in informal upright style; a black pine in formal upright style; an azalea plant in multiple-trunk style; and, a banyan in cascade style. The plants depicted are roughly 15 to 20 inches tall.