Date: ND (1986)
Colour: Dark blue on multicolor underprint
Mauritus 1986 P37a 50 Rupees
Front: Arms at lower center, building with flag at right. The value of 50 Rupees written in English, Tamil and Hindi.
Back: Two deer, butterfly and Mauritius Kestrel. The Mauritius Kestrel is a bird of prey endemic to the forests of Mauritius, where it is restricted to the southwestern plateau's forests, cliffs, and ravines.
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: Bradbury Wilkinson and Company
Varieties
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| P37a variety. Bradbury Wilkinson, imprint on back. |
b. Without printer's imprint on back.
Catalog Value:
a.
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