Christmas 2003
Pale Maiden

Issue Date: 03 November 2003







Christmas 2003 - Pale Maiden

The PALE MAIDEN (Olysnium Filifolium) was adopted as the Falkland Islands National Flower in 2003.

The issue release in November will provide the postage necessary for Christmas Mail and the stamps will be available when the flowers are in bloom.

The delecate Pale Maiden is a rhizomatus perennial that lies dormant in winter and then provides a flush of colour throughout spring and early summer.

The leaves are stiffly erect, rush like and around 20cm tall. The two to eight flowers open in succession, first into pendant bells and then later into flatter open cups of pure white, yellow at the base with purple veins.

Pale Maidens grow in both dwarf shrub heath and whitegrass heath from the coast up into the hills.



Technical Details

Release Date: 03.11.03
Designer: Una Hurst
Printer: BDT International
Process: Lithography
Stamp Size: 28.45 x 42.58mm
Sheet Format: 50 (2x25)
Watermark: CA Spiral
Perforation Gauge: 14 per 2cms
Values: 16p, 30p, 40p, 95p.





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