Of the three species of “Toppie” found in Southern Africa, this is probably the most handsome, with its red eye ring and the marked contrast between head and breast. It is a bird of the drier areas where it may collect in large numbers at water or food sources. Like all the toppies it is a noisy bird, often mobbing snakes and other predators.
Details
- Designer: From photographs by Peter Ginn
- Printer: Mardon Printers (Pvt.) Ltd., Salisbury, Rhodesia
- Process: Lithography
- Paper: Chromo with brown gum
- Watermark: None
- Perf: 14.5 (comb)
- Cylinders: Printed in panes of two.
- 1A (Black) 1A (Cyan) 1A (Yellow) 1A (Rose) : 1B (Black) 1B (Cyan) 1B (Yellow) 1B (Rose)
- Sheet: R5 x10 (50 stamps)
- Quantity: 300,000
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