Tulip Postage Stamps | Beautiful Blooms Series | Orange Flower | Botanical Wedding Stamps | Vintage Unused USPS Postage 41c

Add graceful floral beauty and vibrant orange color to your correspondence with these unused vintage Tulip postage stamps from the USPS Beautiful Blooms series! Featuring a dramatic close-up photograph of an orange tulip with smooth, gently curved petals, this elegant 2007 design evokes spring gardens, romance, fresh beginnings, warmth, joyful celebrations, and timeless botanical style. Perfect for wedding invitations, save the dates, bridal showers, engagement announcements, thank you cards, birth announcements, and other special correspondence, these stamps add a vibrant and sophisticated floral accent to your envelopes.

In pristine mint condition and valid for current postage use, each stamp holds a face value of 41-cents. These authentic USPS postage stamps are suitable for current mailing when used with the total required postage based on the weight of your mailing.

STAMP INFORMATION:

• Stamp Name: Tulip
• Stamp Series: Beautiful Blooms
• Year Issued: 2007
• Face Value: 41-cents (USD) per stamp
• Topic(s): Tulip, Orange Tulip, Tulip Flower, Flowers, Floral, Botanical, Orange Flowers, Spring Flowers, Garden Flowers, Gardening, Nature, Weddings, Romance, Love, New Beginnings, Beautiful Blooms, Mark Laita, Carl T. Herrman
• Color(s): Orange, Green, Multicolored
• Mailing Occasions: Wedding Invitations, Save the Dates, Bridal Shower Invitations, Engagement Announcements, Birth Announcements, Baby Showers, Thank You Cards, Spring Correspondence, Garden Weddings, Floral-Themed Mail, Botanical Events
• Printing Method: Photogravure
• Scott Number: 4185
• Adhesion Type: Self-Adhesive
• Stamp Size: 25 × 22 mm / 0.98 × 0.87 in
• Condition: Genuine Unused USPS Postage Stamps, Ready to Use for USPS Mailings, Mint Condition

STAMP DESCRIPTION & HISTORY: The 2007 Tulip stamp was issued as one of ten 41-cent designs in the USPS Beautiful Blooms series. This stamp features a dramatic close-up photograph of an orange tulip, emphasizing the flower’s smooth, gently curved petals and elegant form. Photographer Mark Laita created the floral photographs used throughout the issue, while Carl T. Herrman served as designer, art director, and typographer. This stamp was issued on August 10, 2007, in Portland, Oregon, as part of a self-adhesive double-sided booklet of 20 and was printed by Avery Dennison using photogravure.

FLOWER DESCRIPTION: Tulips belong to the genus Tulipa and are spring-blooming bulbs known for their simple cup-shaped flowers and broad range of colors. Cultivars may appear in pink, red, yellow, orange, purple, white, or multicolored forms. Their clean lines, upright stems, and graceful petals have made tulips enduring favorites in gardens, bouquets, and floral design.

TULIPS & WEDDING FLOWERS: Tulips are especially popular for weddings because their elegant shape works beautifully in both formal and relaxed arrangements. Orange tulips pair naturally with peach, coral, cream, yellow, burgundy, greenery, and other warm tones, making them ideal for vibrant spring, summer, autumn, garden-inspired, and modern floral palettes. This stamp’s close-up composition gives wedding and celebration envelopes a graceful botanical focal point.

TULIPS & SPRING GARDENS: Tulips are strongly associated with spring because they emerge after winter and bloom as gardens begin to awaken. Their seasonal timing has made them enduring symbols of renewal, fresh starts, and the return of color to the landscape. This makes tulip imagery especially fitting for weddings, engagements, birth announcements, and other correspondence marking new chapters.

TULIPS IN ART & CULTURE: Tulips have played an important role in decorative arts, gardening, and trade for centuries. They became especially celebrated in the Netherlands during the 17th century, when rare varieties became highly prized. Their distinctive silhouette and saturated colors have continued to inspire painters, textile designers, gardeners, and floral artists around the world.

STAMP MEANING & SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE: The Tulip design symbolizes love, renewal, elegance, hope, grace, and new beginnings. Orange tulips are especially associated with enthusiasm, warmth, happiness, energy, and joyful affection. For weddings and meaningful correspondence, this stamp expresses optimism, vibrant love, and the beauty of beginning a new chapter together.

STAMP SERIES HISTORY: The USPS issued the Beautiful Blooms series on August 10, 2007, in Portland, Oregon. The ten 41-cent designs feature echinacea, tulip, water lily, poppy, spider chrysanthemum, orange gerbera, iris, dahlia, Vulcan magnolia, and red gerbera daisy. Photographer Mark Laita created the bold close-up floral images, while Carl T. Herrman designed and art-directed the issue. The stamps were released in self-adhesive booklet and coil formats, presenting familiar flowers as dramatic photographic portraits rather than conventional botanical illustrations. Scott 4185 represents the Tulip design from the booklet format.