Malawi Philately: 1968 Definitive Stamps – 4d Red-Billed Firefinch

A small pinkish red waxbill with a distinct rosy red bill. It feeds mainly on the ground in pairs or family parties. It is a tame and confiding little bird much at home around human habitations and in gardens and is well known as the “animated plum” , not an inappropriate name.

Details
  • Designer: Victor Whiteley
  • Printer: Harrison & Sons Ltd, London
  • Process: Photogravure
  • Paper: 
  • Watermark: Cockerels (sideways)
  • Perf: 14.5 (comb)
  • Cylinders: 1B 1B 1B 1B
  • Sheet: R10 x 6 (60 stamps)
  • Quantity: