US 2020 Tuberous Grass Pink Orchid 55c. Scott. 5454


US 2020 Tuberous Grass Pink Orchid 55c. Scott. 5454


Series: Wild Orchids (2020)

Stamp details: Tuberous Grass Pink Orchid (Calopogon tuberosus)

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): 5454
Stanley Gibbons (UK): 6058
Michel (Germany): 5682BDu
Yvert et Tellier (France): 5301
Unificato (Italy): 5841

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:- Calopogon tuberosus, the tuberous grass pink, is an orchid native to eastern North America. In the United States, it occurs from as far southwest as Texas and Oklahoma and southeast to the Florida Everglades to as far northeast as Maine and as far northwest as Minnesota. In Canada, it is found in all provinces from Newfoundland to Manitoba. It also is found in St. Pierre & Miquelon, Cuba and the Bahamas.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calopogon_tuberosus