The Postal Service issued five 32-cent Flowering Trees commemorative stamps on March 19, 1998, in New York, New York.
The stamps feature the Southern Magnolia, Blue Paloverde, Yellow Poplar, Prairie Crab Apple, and Pacific Dogwood -- five magnificent flowering trees native to different geographical regions of the United States.
Designed by Howard Paine of Delaplane, Virginia, and illustrated by John Dawson of Hilo, Hawaii, the stamps were printed by the Banknote Corporation of America, Inc. in the offset process and issued in self-adhesive panes of twenty.
