US 2020 Greater Purple Fringed Bog Orchid 55c. Scott. 5452


US 2020 Greater Purple Fringed Bog Orchid 55c. Scott. 5452


Series: Wild Orchids (2020)

Stamp details: Greater Purple Fringed Bog Orchid (Platanthera grandiflora)

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

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

Emission: Definitive

Format: PSA Double-sided booklet of 20

First Day City: Coral Gables, Florida

Catalogue No:-
Scott (USA): 5452
Stanley Gibbons (UK): 6056
Michel (Germany): 5680BDu
Yvert et Tellier (France): 5297
Unificato (Italy): 5839

Dimensions (height x width):
30.25mm x 23.1mm

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

Printer: Banknote Corporation of America

Printing Method: Offset

Stamp Colors: Multicolored

Perforation: Serpentine Die Cut 11 x 10¾

Gum type: Self-Adhesive

Themes: Flowers, Orchids, Plants

Total print: 50,000,000 (estimate)

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

Description:- Platanthera grandiflora, the greater purple fringed orchid, is a species of orchid, genus Platanthera, occurring from Ontario to Newfoundland, south along the Appalachian Mountains to northeastern Georgia, with an isolated population in Illinois. It is imperiled in Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia and North Carolina and presumed extirpated in Ohio.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platanthera_grandiflora