Gordon Beningfield Dandelion

I have lots of postage stamps with dandelion designs in the Dandelion Archive - stamp artists obviously like depicting this gorgeous flower! 

I have a few in the Archive where the dandelion is in the background and not the main feature and this one is of a Small Tortoiseshell butterfly issued in UK in 1981. The design is by the artist Gordon Beningfield who specialised in butterflies and was passionate about their conservation. The dandelion is quite stylised, and maybe a little too small in relation to the butterfly, but beautiful all the same.
 

Lesotho Dandelion Stamp

Look at this beauty! 

A gorgeous dandelion postage stamp from Lesotho, from 1995. I like to try and find details about the artist, but the only other information on the stamp is V. Seatile Nkhomo -  is this the artist's name? If it is I can't find any more information, which is a shame. This stamp is from a set of medicinal plants. And it's now in the Dandelion Archive.

Sebastian Kneipp Dandelion

I have this 1982 first day cover in the Dandelion Archive celebrating Sebastian Kneipp (1821-1897). A German Catholic priest, he is known for his wellness cures that included water therapy, a mainly plant based diet and the use of botanical medicines. The ink stamp on the envelope mentions the 'International Kneipp Congress', Vienna 1982, and both the envelope and stamp have a lovely dandelion design on them, along with a portrait of Kneipp.