2020 First-Class Forever Stamp,American Gardens; Winterthur Garden, DE
# 5466 - 2020 First-Class Forever Stamp - American Gardens; Winterthur Garden, DE
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US #5466
2020 Winterthur Garden, Delaware – American Gardens
- Honors Winterthur Garden in Delaware
- Part of the 10-stamp American Gardens set
Stamp Category: Commemorative
Set: American Gardens
Value: 55¢ First Class Mail Rate (Forever)
First Day of Issue: May 13, 2020
First Day City: Winterthur, Delaware
Quantity Issued: 50,000,000
Printed by: Banknote Corporation of America
Printing Method: Offset
Format: Panes of 20
Tagging: Phosphor tagged paper, block
Why the stamp was issued: To celebrate the beauty and history of the well-known Winterthur Garden in Delaware.
About the stamp design: Pictures a photograph of Winterthur Garden by Allen Rokach.
First Day City: First Day of Issue postmark from Winterthur, Delaware (home to Winterthur Garden), with a virtual First Day of Issue Ceremony the following day (May 14).
About the American Gardens set: Includes 10 stamps issued to celebrate the beauty and history of well-known gardens across America. Each stamp pictures a photograph of a different garden taken by Allen Rokach. The gardens included are: Biltmore Estate Gardens (North Carolina), Brooklyn Botanic Garden (New York), Chicago Botanic Garden (Illinois), Coastal Maine Botanic Garden (Maine), Dumbarton Oaks Garden (Washington, DC), Huntington Botanical Garens (California), Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Park (Florida), Norfolk Botanical Garden (Virginia), Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens (Ohio), and Winterthur Garden (Delaware).
History the stamp represents: Winterthur Museum, Garden, and Library is the former estate of Henry Francis du Pont, an antiques collector and famous horticulturalist. The museum is located in Winterthur, Delaware, and includes 979 acres (60 of those being gardens).
It is said Henry Francis du Pont had a love of nature since he was a young boy. This passion continued through adulthood, especially during the time he spent tending to Winterthur’s gardens. Du Pont carefully chose each plant he put in his garden, arranging different combinations of color to come out based on the time of year each plant bloomed. Du Pont’s garden was right at home in the local Brandywine landscape.
In 1956, the Garden Club of America awarded him their Medal of Honor, calling him “One of the best, even the best, gardener this country has ever produced.” Of the garden at Winterthur, the Club said, “The woodland trees… profusion of native wildflowers… acre upon acre of dogwood, great banks of azaleas, lilies and peonies, iris, and other rare specimens from many lands, each planted with taste and discrimination, each known, loved, and watched, looking as though placed there by nature, forms one of the great gardens.”
Today, Winterthur’s gardens are open for all. Visitors are encouraged to take a walk and enjoy the wonders of nature, just as du Pont would have wanted.
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US #5466
2020 Winterthur Garden, Delaware – American Gardens
- Honors Winterthur Garden in Delaware
- Part of the 10-stamp American Gardens set
Stamp Category: Commemorative
Set: American Gardens
Value: 55¢ First Class Mail Rate (Forever)
First Day of Issue: May 13, 2020
First Day City: Winterthur, Delaware
Quantity Issued: 50,000,000
Printed by: Banknote Corporation of America
Printing Method: Offset
Format: Panes of 20
Tagging: Phosphor tagged paper, block
Why the stamp was issued: To celebrate the beauty and history of the well-known Winterthur Garden in Delaware.
About the stamp design: Pictures a photograph of Winterthur Garden by Allen Rokach.
First Day City: First Day of Issue postmark from Winterthur, Delaware (home to Winterthur Garden), with a virtual First Day of Issue Ceremony the following day (May 14).
About the American Gardens set: Includes 10 stamps issued to celebrate the beauty and history of well-known gardens across America. Each stamp pictures a photograph of a different garden taken by Allen Rokach. The gardens included are: Biltmore Estate Gardens (North Carolina), Brooklyn Botanic Garden (New York), Chicago Botanic Garden (Illinois), Coastal Maine Botanic Garden (Maine), Dumbarton Oaks Garden (Washington, DC), Huntington Botanical Garens (California), Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Park (Florida), Norfolk Botanical Garden (Virginia), Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens (Ohio), and Winterthur Garden (Delaware).
History the stamp represents: Winterthur Museum, Garden, and Library is the former estate of Henry Francis du Pont, an antiques collector and famous horticulturalist. The museum is located in Winterthur, Delaware, and includes 979 acres (60 of those being gardens).
It is said Henry Francis du Pont had a love of nature since he was a young boy. This passion continued through adulthood, especially during the time he spent tending to Winterthur’s gardens. Du Pont carefully chose each plant he put in his garden, arranging different combinations of color to come out based on the time of year each plant bloomed. Du Pont’s garden was right at home in the local Brandywine landscape.
In 1956, the Garden Club of America awarded him their Medal of Honor, calling him “One of the best, even the best, gardener this country has ever produced.” Of the garden at Winterthur, the Club said, “The woodland trees… profusion of native wildflowers… acre upon acre of dogwood, great banks of azaleas, lilies and peonies, iris, and other rare specimens from many lands, each planted with taste and discrimination, each known, loved, and watched, looking as though placed there by nature, forms one of the great gardens.”
Today, Winterthur’s gardens are open for all. Visitors are encouraged to take a walk and enjoy the wonders of nature, just as du Pont would have wanted.