US 2021 Pink and White Moth Orchid : Garden Flowers 55c. Scott. 5561


US 2021 Pink and White Moth Orchid : Garden Flowers 55c. Scott. 5561


Series: Garden Beauty (2021)

Stamp details: Pink and White Moth Orchid (Phalaenopsis)

Issued date: 23-02-2021 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Face value: 55c.
(FOREVER º - No Face Value)

Format: Booklet of 20

Emission: Commemorative
First Day City: Bloomfield, Indiana

Catalogue No:-
Scott (USA): 5561
Michel (Germany): 5794BD
Yvert et Tellier (France): 5403
Unificato (Italy): 5953

Designers: Ethel Kessler (designer) ; Allen Rokach (photographer)

Dimensions (height x width):
23.25mm x 30.25mm

Printer: Banknote Corporation of America
Print Method: Offset

Perforation: Serpentine Die Cut 11

Stamp Colors: Multicolored
Gum type: Self-Adhesive

Themes: Flower, Orchid, Plant

Total print: 60,000,000 (estimate)

Note: Stamp from booklet.

Face value US$0.55 on day of issue.

Description:- Phalaenopsis, also known as moth orchids, is a genus of about seventy species of plants in the family Orchidaceae. Orchids in this genus are monopodial epiphytes or lithophytes with long, coarse roots, short, leafy stems and long-lasting, flat flowers arranged in a flowering stem that often branches near the end. Orchids in this genus are native to India, Taiwan, China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea and Australia with the majority in Indonesia and the Philippines.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phalaenopsis