Greek Dandelion Stamp

And another stamp with a dandelion on it in the Dandelion Archive (there's a lot of stamps in the archive) - this time from Greece.

It shows the image of a dandelion with chicory, both closely related. I can't find the info on who the artist is, but it was issued in 1989 and in a series of stamps showing Greek wild flowers.

Posukuma and dandelions

 

I've got a few postage stamps from Japan in the Dandelion Archive - this one is of Posukuma, the mascot of Japan Post, with a couple of friends sat beside dandelions (and what looks like horsetail too). I can't find out much more information (artist, year of issue), but I'll update this post if I find anything else out.

Hungarian dandelion and moth stamp

I've not updated the blog for a year! But I still collect information on all things to do with dandelions, I've just not found any spare time to keep this up to date. 

Anyway I've found a few minutes today and will see how many posts I can do...

Here's a wonderful example of a Hungarian postage stamp with a dandelion on. The main focus of the stamp is a moth (I think a Spurge Hawkmoth) and it's dated 1974, designed by Éva Zombory. Needless to say there is one in the Dandelion Archive.

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.

Netherland children's stamps - with dandelions

 

I have a this lovely set of stamps in the Dandelion Archive. They are Dutch with the title Voor Het Kind - For the Child, dated from 1940 and designed by D van Gelder. 

The Children's stamps started in the Netherlands in 1924 and have been issued ever since (apart from 1942 - 1944 due to the Second World War). 

This set shows a young girl with a doll holding a dandelion clock collected from a plant by her knees. Sweet.

Mongolia Dandelion postage stamp

 

I have a couple of Mongolia dandelion postage stamps listed on the blog already - and here's another to add to them. It's dated 1991. Unlike the other two stamps this has an artist name on it: D. Urtnasan who looks to have illustrated other Mongolian stamps depicting animals, flowers, pets etc. I love this dandelion with its slender leaves and the Mongolian mountains in the background.

Japanese Dandelion Stamp

I've collected quite a few postage stamps with Dandelions on for the Dandelion Archive: and here are some from Japan. According to a website about stamps they depict a 'Smaller Green Flower Chafer (Oxycetonia jucunda) on Dandelion' and were issued in 1997.