US 2020 California Lady's Slipper ; Coil 55c. Scott. 5440


US 2020 California Lady's Slipper ; Coil 55c. Scott. 5440


Series: Wild Orchids (2020)

Stamp details: California Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium californicum)

Issued date: 21-02-2020 (dd/mm/yyyy)

Face value: 55c.
(FOREVER º - No Face Value)

Emission: Definitive (Coil)

Format: Coil of 3,000 OR 10,000

First Day City: Coral Gables, Florida

Catalogue No:-
Scott (USA): 5440
Stanley Gibbons (UK): 6060
Michel (Germany): 5684
Unificato (Italy): 5843

Dimensions (height x width):
25mm x 22.25mm

Designers: Ethel Kessler (designer) ; Jim Fowler (photographer)

Printer: Banknote Corporation of America

Printing Method: Offset

Stamp Colors: Multicolored

Perforation: Serpentine Die Cut 10¾ Vertically

Gum type: Self-Adhesive

Themes: Flowers, Orchids, Plants

Total print: 6,500,000 (estimate)

Note: Face value US$0.55 on day of issue.

Description:- Cypripedium californicum, the California lady's slipper, is a member of the orchid genus Cypripedium, the lady's slipper orchids, native to the western United States. It often grows in very large clumps and each stem can bear up to 21 flowers. It can grow to be up to over a meter in height and has alternate, plicate leaves the length of the stem. The petals and sepals tend to be greenish-brown while the small pouch is pure white with occasional pink spots.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cypripedium_californicum