US 2019 Texas Prickly-Pear ; Cactus Flowers 55c. Scott. 5350


US 2019 Texas Prickly-Pear ; Cactus Flowers 55c. Scott. 5350


Series: Cactus Flowers

Stamp details: Texas Prickly-Pear (Opuntia engelmannii)

Issued date: 15-02-2019 (dd/mm/yyyy)

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

Emission: Commemorative

Format: Double-sided booklet of 20

First Day City: Mesa, Arizona at AmeriStamp/ARIPEX

Catalogue No:-
Scott (USA): 5350
Michel (Germany): 5566BEo
Yvert et Tellier (France): 5186

Dimensions (height x width):
23.5mm x 30.5mm

Designers: Ethel Kessler (designer) ; John P. Schaefer (photographer)

Printer: Banknote Corporation of America (BCA)

Printing Method: Offset, Microprint

Stamp Colors: Multicolored

Perforation: Serpentine Die Cut 11

Gum type: Self-Adhesive

Themes: Actor, Famous People

Total print: 40,000,000 (estimate)

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

Description:- Opuntia engelmannii is a prickly pear common across the south-central and Southwestern United States and northern Mexico. It goes by a variety of common names, including desert prickly pear, discus prickly pear, Engelmann's prickly pear in the US, and nopal, abrojo, joconostle, and vela de coyote in Mexico. The nomenclatural history of this species is somewhat complicated due to the varieties, as well as its habit of hybridizing with Opuntia phaeacantha. It differs from Opuntia phaeacantha by being green year round instead of turning reddish purple during winter or dry seasons, as well as having yellow flowers with red centers.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opuntia_engelmannii