USPS Cherry Blossom Stamps - 4 Piece Magnet Set

This collection of four magnets features images of popular USPS cherry blossom stamps. This is official USPS licensed product.

The top two stamps are from the 2015 collection when the U.S. Postal Service and Japan Post jointly issued Gifts of Friendship Forever stamps, celebrating the American issuance during the Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, DC. The stamps feature beautiful images of flowering dogwood and cherry trees and honor the enduring connection between two nations on the centennial of the gift of dogwood trees from the United States to Japan in 1915.

The lower two stamps were issued by USPS in celebration of the centennial of the gift of more than 3,000 cherry blossom trees from the city of Tokyo to Washington, DC. The se-tenant stamps — one scene across two stamps — picture cherry trees in full-bloom around the Tidal Basin. In the stamp on the left, trees arch over two girls dressed in bright kimonos and a family on a stroll with the Washington Monument in the background. On the second stamp, the Jefferson Memorial forms the backdrop for tourists taking in the sights under a canopy of pink blooms.

It was First Lady Helen Herron Taft's idea to plant the cherry trees along the Tidal Basin and her wish was realized in 1912 when 3,000 trees were given to the United States by Japan. Now more than 100 years old, the mature cherry trees with their spectacular springtime blossoms are celebrated annually with a festival and parade in Washington D.C.

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