Date: ND (1967)
Colour: Red on multicolor underprint.
Mauritus 1967 P31b 10 Rupees
Front: Queen Elizabeth II in the robes of the Sovereign of the Order of the Garterat right. Coat of arms of Mauritius lower left. The value of 10 Rupees written in English, Tamil and Hindi.
Back: Government building.
Watermark: Dodo bird. The dodo was a flightless bird endemic to Mauritus. It stood a meter tall and weighed 20 kilograms. The dodo lost the power of flight because food was abundant and predators were absent on Mauritius. The dodo was first mentioned by Dutch sailors in 1598. By 1681, all dodos had been killed by hungry sailors or their domesticated animals. The extinction of the bird, within 80 years of its discovery, made people realise for the first time that humans could induce the extinction of plants and animals
Printer: Thomas De La Rue and Company
Varieties
a. Signature 1
b. Signature 2
c. Signature 4
Catalog Value:
a.
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