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.
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
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platanthera_grandiflora