Since pictorial stamps first began to be produced, there have been many that have depicted trees. The reason for this is simply that trees are of such importance to the human race S in many different ways. Also of consideration is that trees are a gift to stamp designers, it being difficult to conceive of an unattractive tree stamp.
It is estimated that there are around 100,00 different species of trees worldwide, although there is no universally accepted definition of what constitutes a tree. At its most basic, a tree is a plant with an elongated stem or trunk, with leaves or branches some distance above the
