R2503

Garden Flowers

Snowdrop & Anemone

Collins Cover Announcement 

WINTER GARDEN FLOWERS

SNOWDROP AND ANEMONE

As spring has sprung with the blooming of such early flowers as anemone and snowdrops, youngsters throughout the country turn to baseball. In the hand-painted cachet in this COLLINS Cover, two boys have seen their ball go astray and are now searching for it. Hidden from their view, it lies in a bed of brightly colored anemone. These dazzling and vibrant flowers are brought to life with the use of bright watercolors. As they herald in the colorful spring season, the early blooming snowdrops are aptly named for the receding winter. The close-up contrast between the two flower varieties in this cachet from an artistic perspective works very well.

And so, the two boys with bat and mitt continue their frustrating search for the elusive baseball. In the final COLLINS Cover for this winter flower set, the problem of the lost ball will be solved in a most predictable manner. Can you guess?

For now, the hardy snowdrops announce a new cycle of life and that icon of spring--the baseball--lies beautifully framed and partially hidden by a cluster of brilliant anemone flowers. Item #R2503. $12.00.

Spring 2024 Mail Sale Commentary 

Lot 21 R2501 to R2503 — Winter Garden Flowers — Set of 3 covers — 1-19-96

This very cute 3-cover set offers a small drama that I entwined amid the Winter Garden flowers issue. In R2501, two young girls share a carefree moment enjoying beautiful pansies with their many varied and colorful design patterns. In R2502, two boys of similar age have lost their baseball (remember looking for those elusive balls?) and as they search, it hides in a vivid clump of anemones with snowdrops nearby. Finally, in R2503, it all comes to a happy conclusion as one of the girls has found the baseball and is returning it to the sheepish young owner. I think the expression on his face says it all. He is bashful and just a little embarrassed that he could not find the ball himself but that the girl did. Yet, he is delighted that he and his buddy will be able to continue their game. In the foreground of each cachet are colorful and lovely flowers that are the subjects of the three stamps. This is the first time these covers have appeared in one of my mail sales.