Malawi Philately: 1979 Wild Orchids Definitive

Details Date of Issue: 2 January 1979 Date Withdrawn: Date Invalidated: Designer: Gordon Drummond Printer:John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd, Leeds, England Process: Lithography Paper:  Watermark: Cockerels Perf: 13.5 (comb) Cylinders :Printed in four panes, each divided by a gutter strip. Guillotined through horizontal gutter and distributed in sheets of two panes: 1A 1A…

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Malawi Philately: 1979 Wild Orchids Definitive – 1.50k Polystachya dendrobiiflora

Polystachya dendrobiiflora is found growing on shrubs in the montane grasslands of Burundi, Congo, Zaire, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe at elevations of 400 to 2150 meters.   Polystachya dendrobiiflora is a species with relatively large flowers on a straw-like stem, normally flowering before the leaves appear.…

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