Bird Beak

Country : Algeria

Continent : Africa

Issue date : 18/01/1969

Age : 58 ans

Michel Reference
DZ 520
Stanley Reference
DZ 530
Yvert Reference
DZ 487
Scott Reference
DZ 414
Themes
Flora
Description
Strelitzia reginae
From the Musaceae family, Strelitzia reginae is commonly called bird of paradise.
It has large, irregular flowers, very ornamental and brilliantly colored.
The flower stalk, barely extending beyond the leaves, ends with a large spathe containing 8 to 10 flowers.
The sepals are an orange-yellow color, the petals a beautiful ultramarine blue.
Plant, native to Cape Town, its production is important in Algeria.
Flowering takes place from October to June.
Expiration date
04/11/1972
Size
26 x 36 mm
Colors
Polychrome
Designer
Helio Courvoisier S.A.
Printers
Courvoisier (Helio Courvoisier) S. A.
Perforation
11½
Printing
Photogravure
Face value
0,95 DA
Mint Value ($)
Used Value ($)
Print run
500 000 exemplaires
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