Mauritus 1986 P38 100 Rupees

 Mauritus 1986 P38 100 Rupees

Pick:  P38
Date:  ND (1986)
Colour:  Red on multicolor underprint
Monetary Authority:  Bank of Mauritius
Series: 1985-1991 Issue
Printer: Bradbury Wilkinson & Co., New Malden, England (no imprint on back)
Signatures: Indurduth Ramphul, Ranapartab Tacouri

Front: Arms at lower center, building with flag at right. The value of 100 Rupees written in English, Tamil and Hindi.

Back: Landscape.


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

Catalog Value:
a.  $25 - UNC, $7 - VF