US 2019 Texas Prickly-Pear ; Cactus Flowers 55c. Scott. 5350
Series: Cactus Flowers
Stamp details: Texas Prickly-Pear (Opuntia engelmannii)
Issued date: 15-02-2019 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Face value: 55c.
(FOREVER º - No Face Value)
Emission: Commemorative
Format: Double-sided booklet of 20
First Day City: Mesa, Arizona at AmeriStamp/ARIPEX
Catalogue No:-
Scott (USA): 5350
Michel (Germany): 5566BEo
Yvert et Tellier (France): 5186
Dimensions (height x width):
23.5mm x 30.5mm
Designers: Ethel Kessler (designer) ; John P. Schaefer (photographer)
Printer: Banknote Corporation of America (BCA)
Printing Method: Offset, Microprint
Stamp Colors: Multicolored
Perforation: Serpentine Die Cut 11
Gum type: Self-Adhesive
Themes: Actor, Famous People
Total print: 40,000,000 (estimate)
Note: Face value US$0.55 on day of issue.
Stamp details: Texas Prickly-Pear (Opuntia engelmannii)
Issued date: 15-02-2019 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Face value: 55c.
(FOREVER º - No Face Value)
Emission: Commemorative
Format: Double-sided booklet of 20
First Day City: Mesa, Arizona at AmeriStamp/ARIPEX
Catalogue No:-
Scott (USA): 5350
Michel (Germany): 5566BEo
Yvert et Tellier (France): 5186
Dimensions (height x width):
23.5mm x 30.5mm
Designers: Ethel Kessler (designer) ; John P. Schaefer (photographer)
Printer: Banknote Corporation of America (BCA)
Printing Method: Offset, Microprint
Stamp Colors: Multicolored
Perforation: Serpentine Die Cut 11
Gum type: Self-Adhesive
Themes: Actor, Famous People
Total print: 40,000,000 (estimate)
Note: Face value US$0.55 on day of issue.
Description:- Opuntia engelmannii is a prickly pear common across the south-central and Southwestern United States and northern Mexico. It goes by a variety of common names, including desert prickly pear, discus prickly pear, Engelmann's prickly pear in the US, and nopal, abrojo, joconostle, and vela de coyote in Mexico. The nomenclatural history of this species is somewhat complicated due to the varieties, as well as its habit of hybridizing with Opuntia phaeacantha. It differs from Opuntia phaeacantha by being green year round instead of turning reddish purple during winter or dry seasons, as well as having yellow flowers with red centers.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opuntia_engelmannii
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opuntia_engelmannii