2022 Blueberries Stamps

In 2022, the U.S. Postal Service issues Blueberries, a four-cent definitive stamp. The stamp will be sold in coils of 3,000 and10,000 and in panes of 20.

The stamp features a pen, ink, and watercolor illustration of a cluster of blueberries and leaves

Several blueberry species are native to North America. These deciduous perennial shrubs range in size from less than one to morethan 13 feet tall and produce sweet, edible fruits in colors from light blue to black when ripe.

[hough wild blueberries are abundant, before the 20th century the fruit was not cultivated, While others had tried to domesticatethe plant, it was Frederick Coville, a Uhnited States Department of Agriculture scientist, who discovered, after much trial and erorthat the plants thrive in acidic soil. Soon after he published his results in 1910, he began a long collaboration with Elizabeth White.