US 2020 Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid ; Coil 55c. Scott. 5443
Series: Wild Orchids (2020)
Stamp details: Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid (Platanthera leucophaea)
Issued date: 21-02-2020 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Face value: 55c.
(FOREVER º - No Face Value)
Emission: Definitive (Coil)
Format: Coil of 3,000 OR 10,000
First Day City: Coral Gables, Florida
Catalogue No:-
Scott (USA): 5443
Stanley Gibbons (UK): 6069
Michel (Germany): 5688
Unificato (Italy): 5847
Dimensions (height x width):
25mm x 22.25mm
Designers: Ethel Kessler (designer) ; Jim Fowler (photographer)
Printer: Banknote Corporation of America
Printing Method: Offset
Stamp Colors: Multicolored
Perforation: Serpentine Die Cut 10¾ Vertically
Gum type: Self-Adhesive
Themes: Flowers, Orchids, Plants
Total print: 6,500,000 (estimate)
Note: Face value US$0.55 on day of issue.
Stamp details: Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid (Platanthera leucophaea)
Issued date: 21-02-2020 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Face value: 55c.
(FOREVER º - No Face Value)
Emission: Definitive (Coil)
Format: Coil of 3,000 OR 10,000
First Day City: Coral Gables, Florida
Catalogue No:-
Scott (USA): 5443
Stanley Gibbons (UK): 6069
Michel (Germany): 5688
Unificato (Italy): 5847
Dimensions (height x width):
25mm x 22.25mm
Designers: Ethel Kessler (designer) ; Jim Fowler (photographer)
Printer: Banknote Corporation of America
Printing Method: Offset
Stamp Colors: Multicolored
Perforation: Serpentine Die Cut 10¾ Vertically
Gum type: Self-Adhesive
Themes: Flowers, Orchids, Plants
Total print: 6,500,000 (estimate)
Note: Face value US$0.55 on day of issue.
Description:- Platanthera leucophaea, commonly known as the prairie white fringed orchid or eastern prairie fringed orchid, is a rare species of orchid native to North America. It is listed as a threatened species in the United States on September 28, 1989. The IUCN does not currently recognize it as being at risk. Platanthera leucophaea is found in moist to wet tallgrass prairie, sedge meadows, fens, and old fields. For optimum growth, little or no woody encroachment should be near the habitat. Historically, the eastern prairie fringed orchid is found primarily in the Great Lakes Region with isolated populations in Maine, Virginia, Iowa, and Missouri. A historic record exists for Choctaw County, Oklahoma. The plant has not been observed in Oklahoma in the past 150 years. The major factor in the decline of the eastern prairie fringed orchid has been a loss of habitat due to grazing, fire suppression, and agricultural conversion.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platanthera_leucophaea
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platanthera_leucophaea