34¢ FLOWERS
Self-Adhesive Coil of 100
Scott# 3481a - Strip of 4 Plate #  B1111, B2111, B2122, B2211, B2222
Scott# 3478 - Freesia  
Scott# 3479 - Asian Hybrid Lily  
Scott# 3480 - Cymbidium Orchid Plate # appears only on this stamps
Scott# 3481 - Longiflorum Lily C&n
Series Definitive
Issue Date & City February 7, 2001 / New York, NY 10199
Nationwide Sale February 8, 2001
Photographer Robert Peak, Winter Park, FL
Engraver Acitronic
Designer Dennis Noyes, Washington, DC.
Art Director Dennis Noyes, Washington, DC.
Typographer Dennis Noyes, Washington, DC.
Modeler Guilford Gravure, Inc., Guilford CT
To Press / Initial Run Fall/Winter 2000 / 1.5 billion
Coil Size 100
Printer Banknote Corporation of America, Inc. (BCA)
Press Cerrutti, R118
Process Gravure
Where Printed Guilford Gravure, Inc., Guilford CT
Where Processed Guilford Gravure, Inc., Guilford CT
Plate Size & Interval 384 stamps per revolution / plate # every 12 stamps
Paper & Gum USPS Type II, Surface Coated Self-Adhesive
Tagging Type Prephosphored, Smooth Tagging
Die Cut Gauge 8.5 Vertically, Peak/Valley, 10 x 9
Colors Yellow, Magenta, Cyan, Black
Image Area 0.71 x 0.82 in. / 18.03 x 20.83 mm
Overall Size 0.87 x 0.965 in. / 22.1 x 24.51 mm
Back Numbers None
Earliest Known Use February 6, 2001
USPS Order Numbers S/A Coil of 100 - $34.00 - 776940
First Day Cover (Set of 4) - $1.57 - 776961

Availability Stamp Fulfillment Services, Kansas City
Plate 2111 (3/26/01) Providence, RI
Plate 2222 (5/20/01) Providence, RI
Note Scott lists as a PNC5 and PNC9, both as 3481a; B2111 appeared in March 2001,
Plate B2222 appeared late in March 2001. B2122 appeared in July and B2211 in early August 2001.
Official Announcement The photographs by Robert Peak capture the color and delicacy of four different cut flowers - a freesia, a cymbidium orchid, and two lilies. In his 25 years of artistic endeavors, Peak has been recognized and honored as a photographer, designer, and filmmaker. His fine art photographs have been featured in major publications and appear in collections worldwide.