Add elegant Southern beauty and classic botanical charm to your letters with these vintage unused “Southern Magnolia” postage stamps from the "Flowering Trees" series! This graceful commemorative design is perfect for adding large white blossoms, glossy green foliage, Southern garden style, Mississippi symbolism, romantic floral detail, and timeless botanical imagery to save-the-dates, wedding invitations, thank you cards, graduation announcements, spring mailings, floral correspondence, and other snail mail. In pristine mint condition and valid for current postage use, each stamp holds a face value of 32-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.

Purchase includes a total of TEN (10) mint condition Southern Magnolia 32-cent postage stamps shown in the product listing photos. These are NOT forever stamps — you must combine additional postage with this stamp to mail your correspondence according to current USPS postage rate requirements.

STAMP INFORMATION:

• Stamp Name: Southern Magnolia
• Stamp Series: Flowering Trees
• Year Issued: 1998
• Face Value: 32-cents (USD) per stamp
• Topic(s): Southern Magnolia, Magnolia grandiflora, Mississippi State Flower, Mississippi State Tree, Flowering Trees, Magnolia Blossom, White Flowers, Botanical Art, Southern Flora, Southern Gardens, Evergreen Tree, Trees, Nature, Garden, Floral, USPS Commemorative Stamps
• Color(s): White, Green, Brown, Red, Yellow, Black, Multicolored
• Mailing Occasions: Wedding Invitations, Save-the-Dates, Southern Weddings, Mississippi Weddings, Garden Weddings, Floral Weddings, Botanical Weddings, Spring Weddings, Bridal Shower Invitations, Graduation Announcements, Thank You Notes, Nature Correspondence, Everyday Correspondence
• Printing Method: Offset, Microprint
• Scott Number: 3193
• Adhesion Type: Self-Adhesive
• Stamp Size: 40 x 32 mm / 1.57 × 1.26 in
• Condition: Genuine Unused USPS Postage Stamps, Ready to Use for USPS Mailings, Mint Condition

STAMP DESCRIPTION & HISTORY: The 1998 Southern Magnolia stamp was issued as part of the USPS Flowering Trees series, a five-stamp commemorative issue celebrating flowering trees associated with different regions of North America. Scott 3193 features the Southern Magnolia, Magnolia grandiflora, shown with its large white blossom, glossy evergreen leaves, stem, and distinctive fruit in the style of a traditional botanical print. Artist John Dawson created the original artwork, with Howard Paine serving as USPS art director. Native to the coastal plains of the southeastern United States, the Southern Magnolia is one of the most recognizable ornamental trees of the American South and is especially associated with gardens, estates, river landscapes, and warm Southern climates. Mississippi recognizes the magnolia as both its official state flower and state tree, giving this stamp an especially strong connection to Mississippi heritage and Southern identity. Issued on March 19, 1998, in New York, New York, the Flowering Trees stamps brought botanical art, regional nature, and springtime beauty together in a graceful USPS commemorative format.

FLOWER DESCRIPTION: Southern Magnolia flowers are exceptionally large, creamy white, and highly fragrant, often opening into broad cup-shaped blossoms against thick, glossy green leaves. The flowers can reach impressive sizes and are among the most distinctive blooms of any native American tree. Their soft white petals, rich green foliage, and classic Southern garden character make this stamp especially beautiful for white weddings, garden ceremonies, Southern celebrations, elegant invitation suites, floral stationery, and romantic botanical correspondence.

STAMP MEANING & SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE: The Southern Magnolia carries themes of dignity, grace, perseverance, beauty, purity, devotion, strength, and enduring love. Its large white blossoms and evergreen foliage make it especially meaningful for wedding invitations, save-the-dates, bridal showers, thank you notes, and correspondence celebrating lasting relationships, family traditions, and new beginnings. As vintage postage, it brings a refined Southern elegance to mailings inspired by gardens, heritage, romance, and timeless natural beauty.

STAMP SERIES HISTORY: The Flowering Trees series was issued by the USPS in 1998 as a five-stamp commemorative set featuring flowering trees associated with different regions of North America. The set includes Southern Magnolia, Blue Paloverde, Yellow Poplar, Prairie Crab Apple, and Pacific Dogwood. Artist John Dawson created the original paintings in the style of old-fashioned botanical prints, with each stamp showing blossoms, leaves, stems, fruit, and identifying botanical details. Printed by the Banknote Corporation of America using offset printing and microprinting, the series remains especially appealing for collectors of flowers, trees, gardens, regional nature, botanical illustration, and elegant vintage postage.

GENUINE USPS POSTAGE: These unused vintage postage stamps are perfectly valid for use as current postage for mailing with USPS as long as you use an adequate amount of additional postage to achieve standard postage rates according to the weight of your mailing. Check current postage rates on the USPS website.

PROCESSING & SHIPPING: Orders are typically processed and shipped within 1-3 business days of placing your order. All orders are shipped from California — please allow additional time for transit.

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TELL YOUR STORY IN STAMPS: We’ve worked with hundreds of couples and their stationers to custom design highly stylized personalized postage sets based on our customer’s life stories. We can help you curate personalized vintage postage sets to commemorate your save-the-date, wedding, shower, announcement, and other special occasions in a truly unique fashion. Drawing on our encyclopedic knowledge of every stamp ever issued by the USPS, and sourcing from our extensive inventory of collectable unused vintage stamps, we’ll help you tell your unique story in stamps!

ABOUT HERITAGE POST HOUSE: Jennifer Kramer is the founder of Heritage Post House, a boutique vintage postage house located in Northern California. Jennifer sources the most beautiful unused vintage postage stamps ever issued by USPS and artfully arranges them into curated postage sets that are sure to add a special touch to your invitations, announcements, and special mailings. In addition to creating pre-arranged postage sets, Jennifer also works with couples (and their stationers) to create one-of-a-kind custom postage arrangements for wedding invitations, save the dates, and other special occasions.

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Product Specifications

Length: 1.57 in.
Height: 0.01 in.
Width: 1.26 in.
Weight: 0.01 lbs.