Most sunbirds are about 6 inches long. The bright lines of colouring are limited to the males, the females usually appearing as dull grey, brown or olive green. One of the outstanding characteristics attributed to the sunbird is the hanging purse-like nests they build of plant fibres woven and matted together or bound with spiders’ webs.
Details
- Designer: Victor Whiteley
- Printer: Harrison & Sons Ltd, London
- Process: Photogravure
- Paper:
- Watermark: Cockerels (sideways)
- Perf: 14.5 (comb)
- Cylinders: 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A
- Sheet: R10 x 6 (60 stamps)
- Quantity:
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