US 2015 Soft Shield Fern ; Coil 49c. Scott. 4973a


US 2015 Soft Shield Fern ; Coil 49c. Scott. 4973a


Series: Ferns

Stamp details: Soft Shield Fern (Polystichum setiferum)

Issued date: 27-03-2015 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Face value: 49c.
(FOREVER º - No Face Value)

Emission: Definitive (Coil)

Format: PSA Coil of 3,000 (2015) OR Coil of 10,000 (2014)

First Day City: Kansas City, Missouri

Catalogue No:-
Scott (USA): 4973a
Stanley Gibbons (UK): 5590
Michel (Germany): 5060III
Yvert et Tellier (France): 4804

Dimensions (height x width):
24.5mm x 22mm

Printer: Banknote Corporation of America for Sennett Security Products (SSP)

Printing Method: Offset, Microprint

Stamp Colors: Multicolored

Perforation: Serpentine Die Cut 11 Vertically
Gum type: Self-Adhesive

Themes: Ferns, Plants

Note: Dated 2015 ; Microprinted USPS near the base of the fern's stem

Face value US$0.49 on day of issue.

Description:- Polystichum setiferum, the soft shield fern, is an evergreen or semi-evergreen fern native to southern and western Europe. The stalks and most midribs are coated with attractive cinnamon-brown scales. The Latin specific epithet setiferum means “with bristles”. The fern's bright green fronds are 30–120 cm (12–47 in) long, usually drooping downslope, with typically four to ten fronds on a mature plant. The fronds are soft-textured, bipinnate (single-pinnate on small, young plants), with the pinnae opposite on the stalk. Each pinna is 4–14 cm (2–6 in) long, with a large upward-pointing pinnule at the base, and the other pinnules decreasing in size toward the pinna tip; the pinnules have softly bristly tips. Individual fronds remain lush and fresh-looking throughout the season. They live for nine to fifteen months and remain attached to the rhizome after withering. The round sori occupy two rows on either side of the midrib of each pinnule and are covered by a centrally-attached, umbrella-like indusium with fringed edges. They produce light yellow spores.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polystichum_setiferum