Saturday, March 10, 2012

Sri Lanka P87 50 Rupees


Pick: P87
Date: 1979-03-26
Colour: Blue.





 1979 “Fauna and Flora” Series.

Front:   Lethe dynsate (Sri Lankan forester) butterfly; Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus (red-faced malkoha) bird perched on Hydnocarpus venenata (chaulmugra) branch; sun.

Back:  (Vertical) Mesua thwaitesii tree; Dendrobium mccarthiae (marron stripe orchid) flower; Galloperdix bicalcarata (Sri Lankan spurfowl) birds; Otocryptis wiegmanni (Sri Lankan kangaroo lizard). Solid security thread.

Watermark: Chinthe.

Printer: Unknown

Size: 147 x 74 mm

Varieties
a. 1979-03-26.
as. Specimen

Catalog Value:
a.

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