The 2016 49¢ Botanical Art stamps feature 10 new designs based on illustrations from an American nursery catalog. These catalogs were published between 1891 and 1912 and are part of the New York Botanical Garden’s Seed Catalog Collection – one of the largest and important collections in the U.S. These colorful issues feature eight types of flowers: Corn lilies, tulips, dahlias, stocks, roses, Japanese irises, petunias, daffodils, and jonquils.
Issue: | Botanical Art |
Item Number: | 680600 |
Denomination & Type of Issue: | First-Class Mail Forever |
Format: | Double-sided Booklet of 20
(10 designs) |
Series: | N/A |
Issue Date & City: | January 29, 2016, Atlanta, GA 30303 |
Art Director: | Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, MD |
Designer: | Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, MD |
Typographer: | Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, MD |
Modeler: | Joseph Sheeran |
Manufacturing Process: | Offset |
Printer: | Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. (APU) |
Printed at: | Williamsville, NY |
Press Type: | Muller A76 |
Stamps per Booklet: | 20 |
Print Quantity: | 500,000,000 stamps |
Paper Type: | Nonphosphored Type III Block Tag applied |
Adhesive Type: | Pressure-sensitive |
Processed at: | Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. (APU) |
Stamp Orientation: | Vertical |
Image Area (w x h): | 0.77 x 1.05 in./19.56 x 26.67 mm |
Stamp Size (w x h): | 0.91 x 1.19 in./23.11 x 30.23 mm |
Full Booklet Size (w x h): | 5.76 x 2.38 in./146.30 x 60.45 mm |
Press Sheet Size (w x h): | 23.04 x 4.76 in./585.22 x 120.90 mm |
Colors: | Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow |
Plate Size: | 880 stamps per revolution |
Plate Numbers: | “P” followed by four (4) single digits |
Marginal Markings: | Cover “Botanical Art” Twenty First-Class Forever Stamps • USPS Logo
• Plate numbers in peel strip area
• © 2015 USPS • “Design details courtesy of the New York Botanical Garden” in peel strip area • Promo-tional Text in peel strip area |
