A common and characteristic bird of wide range. A fine songster and remarkable mimic with a wide range of notes. Normally they are shy and skulking but exceedingly pugnacious attacking any other species of bird on their own territory.
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:
- Reprints:
- 2nd Printing – 27 May 1971