US 2015 Painted Fern ; Coil 49c. Scott. 4976a


US 2015 Painted Fern ; Coil 49c. Scott. 4976a


Series: Ferns

Stamp details: Painted Fern (Athyrium niponicum)

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): 4976a
Stanley Gibbons (UK): 5593
Michel (Germany): 5063III
Yvert et Tellier (France): 4807

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:- Athyrium niponicum, the Japanese painted fern, is a species of fern native to eastern Asia. This species was redefined as a member of genus Anisocampium in 2011 based on phylogenetic analyses, but the genus has since been sunk into Athyrium. This deciduous fern has a creeping rhizome and a tuft-shape array of fronds. The fronds are variable in length, generally 30 to 75 centimeters long but occasionally over a meter in length. They have alternately arranged, subdivided pinnae. The spore-bearing sori on the undersides of the fertile pinnae are variable in shape, being "oblong, hooked, J-shaped, or horseshoe-shaped".
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athyrium_niponicum