2 cents 2009 - Danaus Plexippus


2 cents 2009 - Danaus Plexippus 2 cents 2009 - Danaus Plexippus
Added by Alain Martineau
General Description : From a pane of 50 low value stamps
Gum Type: P.V.A.
OFDC Cancellation Location: Leamington, Ontario
Don’t let the monarch caterpillar’s small size fool you. This little larva has a big job to do! Day and night, it feeds away through five stages of growth (or instars). And since its food of choice is the milkweed, which can be a pest when it crowds out other plants, the monarch is a great help to gardeners.
In 2007, as part of our tribute to the beneficial insects that roam Canada’s gardens and marshes, homage was paid to the golden-eyed lacewing, the cecropia moth, the convergent lady beetle, the northern bumblebee and the Canada darner. This spring, the monarch caterpillar (Danaus plexippus) joins the ranks of these helpful critters, squirming onto a 2-cent low value definitive stamp of its own.
Face value 2 Canadian cents
Catalog code (Michel) CA 2549
Catalog code (Scott) CA 2328
Catalog code Canada post # 420002121; Yvert et Tellier CA 2431 Stanley Gibbons CA 2517 WADP Numbering System - WNS CA030.09
Series Beneficial Insects
Stamp colour Multicolor
Stamp use Definitive stamp
Print run 21,700
Issue date 22/04/2009
Designer Keith Martin
Paper type Tullis Russell
Print technique Lithography in 5 colours
Printed by Canadian Bank Note
Perforation 13+
Height 20.00 mm
Width 24.00 mm
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