2017 Azulillo Chilean Blue Crocus Postal Card UX647 UNCUT BLOCK

Item Specifics

Country

United States

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Block

Item Description

Condition: THIS BLOCK of FOUR UNCUT CARDS IS FROM THE PRESS SHEET of 40 CARDS.
ONLY 4,000 UNCUT SHEETS WERE ISSUED.
Mint, Unused Forever Rate Cards.
THIS BLOCK of FOUR UNCUT CARDS IS FROM THE PRESS SHEET of 40 CARDS.
ONLY 4,000 UNCUT SHEETS WERE ISSUED.
Mint, Unused Forever Rate Cards.
The U.S. Postal Service issues a new stamped card for 2017 featuring an illustration of a Chilean blue crocus (Tecophilaea cyanocrocus) from pre-existing artwork by illustrator and designer Dugald Stermer (19362011). His penciled calligraphy under the flower indicates one of its common names azulillo &mdash loosely translated from Spanish, it means little blue thing&mdash with its botanical name above. The Chilean blue crocus is hardy in U.S. Department of Agriculture zones seven to nine. It generally flowers in February or March in North America. Art director Ethel Kessler designed the stamped card.
The Azulillo Chilean Blue Crocus is a flowering perennial native to Chile, the naturally grows at more than a mile high on the dry on the stony slopes in the Andes mountains. Although it had survived in cultivation due to its use as a greenhouse and landscape plant, it was believed to be extinct in the wild due to overcollecting, overgrazing, and general destruction of habitat, until it was rediscovered in 2001.

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