2001 34c Carnivorous Plants: Venus Flytrap

U.S. #3528
34¢ Venus Flytrap
Carnivorous Plants

Issue Date: August 23, 2001
City: Des Plaines, IL
Quantity: 100,000,000
Printed by: Avery Dennison
Printing Method: Photogravure
Perforations:  Serpentine die cut 11 ½
Color: Multicolored

Growing mainly in nitrogen-poor bogs, carnivorous plants catch and digest insects in order to obtain the nitrogen they need. The plants attract insects just as ordinary plants do, but when an insect lands, a well-designed trap goes into action. This stamp is part of a four-stamp se-tenant showing a Venus flytrap, a yellow trumpet, a cobra lily, and an English sundew as illustrated by artist Steve Buchanan.