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Each fall,millions of gardeners bury bulbs in the earth, eagerly anticipating the rewards that springtime will bring. Months later, thick green leaves poke through the soil, soon revealing their payload: tulip blossoms in spectacular variety from prim too stentatious. These new stamps from the U.S. Postal Service feature closeup views of 10 different tulips in a rainbow of colors.
A member of the lily family (Lilliaceae), the tulip(genus Tulipa) originated as a wildflower in Central Asia. There, despite the dry, rocky environment, these tulip ancestors were able to survive because they could draw nourishment from the bulb. Over time, traders carried them west along the Silk Route to Persia, where cultivation of them is thought to have begun in the 10th century. By the 16th century,tulips were all the rage in Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire (now Istanbul,Turkey). The name “tulip,” in fact, derives from a Turkish version of the Persian word for “turban,” an allusion to the flower's shape.
A member of the lily family (Lilliaceae), the tulip(genus Tulipa) originated as a wildflower in Central Asia. There, despite the dry, rocky environment, these tulip ancestors were able to survive because they could draw nourishment from the bulb. Over time, traders carried them west along the Silk Route to Persia, where cultivation of them is thought to have begun in the 10th century. By the 16th century,tulips were all the rage in Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire (now Istanbul,Turkey). The name “tulip,” in fact, derives from a Turkish version of the Persian word for “turban,” an allusion to the flower's shape.
Dutch immigrants brought tulip bulbs to America, perhaps as early as the 1600s. The flower has become a dazzling part of the landscape here, and we now import more than one billion bulbs per year. Tulips can be grown in most of the country, outside of the Deep South,and gardeners can choose among almost endless varieties.
Art director Greg Breeding designed the stamps with existing photographs by Denise Ippolito.
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®stamps will always be equal in value to the current First-Class MailR one-ounce rate.
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Issue: Tulip Blossoms Stamps
Item Number: 684200
Item Number: 684200
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