About This Stamp
These stamps, like the others in this series, were created as a continuous se-tenant, so they look to be growing in the same garden. The flowers — crocus, winter aconite, pansy, snowdrop, and anemone — were chosen because they bloom in the winter somewhere in the U.S.
All the stamps in this series were designed by Ned Seidler. He created a single watercolor painting of the garden scene, which was used for the five-stamp set.
Stamp Art Director
Derry Noyes
For more than 40 years Derry Noyes has designed and provided art direction for close to 800 United States postage stamps and stamp products. She holds a bachelor of arts degree from Hampshire College and a master of fine arts degree from Yale University.
Noyes worked as a graphics designer at Beveridge and Associates, a Washington, D.C., firm, until 1979 when she established her own design firm, Derry Noyes Graphics. Her clients have included museums, corporations, foundations, and architectural and educational institutions. Her work has been honored by American Illustration, the Art Directors Club of Metropolitan Washington, Communication Arts, Critique magazine, Graphis, Creativity International, and the Society of Illustrators.
Before becoming an art director for the U.S. Postal Service, she served as a member of the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee from 1981 to 1983.
Noyes is a resident of Washington, D.C.