US 2015 King Eider : Coastal Birds 35c. Scott. 4992


US 2015 King Eider : Coastal Birds 35c. Scott. 4992


Series: Coastal Birds

Stamp details: King Eider (Somateria spectabilis)

Issued date: 01-06-2015 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Face value: 35c.
(Postcard º - No Face Value)

Emission: Definitive

Format: Pane of 20

First Day City: Kansas City, Missouri

Catalogue No:-
Scott (USA): 4992
Stanley Gibbons (UK): 5602
Michel (Germany): 5175BA
Yvert et Tellier (France): 4817

Dimensions (height x width):
25mm x 21mm

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

Printing Method: Offset with microprinting in sheets of 200 with 10 panes of 20 per sheet

Stamp Colors: Multicolored

Perforation: Serpentine Die Cut 11 x 10¾

Gum type: Self-Adhesive

Themes: Bird

Total print: 12,500,000 (estimate)

Note: Face value US$0.35 on day of issue.

Description:- The king eider is a large sea duck that breeds along Northern Hemisphere Arctic coasts of northeast Europe, North America and Asia. The birds spend most of the year in coastal marine ecosystems at high latitudes, and migrate to Arctic tundra to breed in June and July. They lay four to seven eggs in a scrape on the ground lined with grass and down.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_eider