US 2015 King Eider : Coastal Birds ; Coil 35c. Scott. 4998


US 2015 King Eider : Coastal Birds ; Coil 35c. Scott. 4998


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 (Coil)

Format: PSA Coil of 100

First Day City: Kansas City, Missouri

Catalogue No:-
Scott (USA): 4998
Stanley Gibbons (UK): 5606
Michel (Germany): 5175BG
Yvert et Tellier (France): 4817a

Dimensions (height x width):
24.9mm x 21.4mm

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

Printing Method: Offset with microprinting in PSA Coil of 100

Stamp Colors: Multicolored

Perforation: Serpentine Die Cut 9½ Vertically

Gum type: Self-Adhesive

Themes: Bird

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