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Merian Botanical Prints

First Day of Issue Date: March 3, 1997

First Day of Issue Location: Washington, DC

About This Stamp

This stamp issuance featured botanical illustrations by German artist Maria Sibylla Merian (1647–1717). One pictures a citron fruit with a moth in different stages of metamorphosis (larva, pupa, and adult) while the other pictures a flowering pineapple.

First Day of Issue Ceremony

First Day of Issue Date: March 3, 1997
First Day of Issue Location: Washington, DC

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