US 1971 Rainbow Trout Fish ; Wildlife Conservation 8c. Scott. 1427


US 1971 Rainbow Trout Fish ; Wildlife Conservation 8c. Scott. 1427


Series: Wildlife Conservation Issue

Stamp details: Rainbow Trout (Salmo gairdneri)

Issued date: 12-06-1971 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Face value: 8c.

Emission: Commemorative
Watermark: No Watermark

Catalogue No:-
Scott (USA): 1427
Stanley Gibbons (UK): 1428
Michel (Germany): 1037
Yvert et Tellier (France): 927

Dimensions (height x width):
32mm x 49mm

Printer: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Print Method: Giori Press

Stamp Colors: Multicolored
Perforation: Perf 11 x 11

Themes: Fish, Environment Protection

Total print: 43,919,000 (estimate)

Note: Oncorhynchus mykiss Is the actual scientific name of rainbow trouts.

Description:- The rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) is a species of trout native to cold-water tributaries of the Pacific Ocean in Asia and North America. The steelhead (sometimes called "steelhead trout") is an anadromous (sea-run) form of the coastal rainbow trout (O. m. irideus) or Columbia River redband trout (O. m. gairdneri) that usually returns to fresh water to spawn after living two to three years in the ocean. Freshwater forms that have been introduced into the Great Lakes and migrate into tributaries to spawn are also called steelhead.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_trout